How far does everyone commute to work?

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I am interviewing soon with a teaching hospital approx. 60 miles from my home. I've never worked at a teaching hospital and feel this would be a good opportunity to increase my skill level and knowledge base. This is the closest teaching facility to where I live. With the price of gas and hour and a half drive I wonder if it is a good idea to consider working there. How far does everyone commute to work? Anyone drive a considerable distance? What are the pro's and con's. Thanks!

Specializes in ICU/ER.

1/4 of a mile. I couldn't imagine driving 45 min to the next town to work. I love my minuscule commute!! My husband- commute of 6 blocks. That is one part of our lives right now I have no complaint in!!!

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Specializes in L&D.

It takes me less than 15 minutes to get to work. Thank goodness!

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Specializes in Case Management, Home Health, UM.

It used to take me 40 minutes (or 26 miles) to get to work. Two months into this job, I found some back roads and shaved 10 minutes (3 miles) off my commute. It's still no bargain, but at least it is not taking me three hours a day VIA car, train and bus (one way), when I was working in the City.

NEVER again! :(

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Specializes in district nurse, ccu, geriatric.

It takes me 4 minutes to get to work, but I am a district nurse so I travel all day, the irony of it.

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Specializes in Recruiting all specialties.

Being on the hiring end, I could not justify hiring a nurse who lives so far away from a facility & expect them to meet on-call requirements. How are you guys able to meet them & how quickly are you expected to show up?:confused:

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Specializes in Multi-Specialty, L&D, Mother/Baby.

I used to work about 30 miles from home, and now work about 5...am SOOO glad I made the switch! I changed jobs in March right about when gas started getting really expensive (that's not WHY I switched, but a great bonus), and it's WONDERFUL being home in bed before my shift is even over at my other job!

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Specializes in OB, CASE MANAGEMENT.

I live 77 miles from work it takes me approx 1 hour and 25 min one way. I took this job before the gas crisis and I took it because of the experience and opportunity was a once in a life time chance. no I dont like the commute but I work 4 days a week. so that eases the pinch a little. I also drive a Hhr that is getting about 30 miles to the gallon. I have the problem of the small community hospitals only want to pay me $18.00/hr for 19 years experience or I can drive a minimum of 1 hour to several different bigger hospitals that will pay me what I am worth and moving is not an option at this point. when I was working in labor and delivery I would schedule an extra shift to cover my call. instead of actually taking call and if I got called off for low census then they knew it was going to take me at least an hour to get there. My coworkers understood and worked with me. I have been thinking about changing jobs to get closer to home but it would only be closer by 25 minutes so my decision is really do I want to give up my new experiences or keep on going with this and hope for the better.

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Specializes in L&D/postpartum.

20 miles each way, takes about 25-30 minutes. I work 12-hour shifts though, so typically I'm only there 3-4 days a week.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I travel 45 minutes each way about 35 miles. I work only weekends 12 hour nights, I get paid for 36 hours though. And unfortunately I drive an SUV, Nissan Xterra. But with my pay I make up the gas after about The road is all rural, I am talking cows, and horse smelling manure galore at times. So the winter travel can be dangerous, but I can sleep in one of the oncall doctor rooms if I need to. And dad is with the kids.

I do two on call shifts every 6 weeks.

I took this job so that I could go back to school fulltime to get my BSN-MSN and not have to lose to much time with my kids, and also not spend 10 years getting my degree taking 1 class a semester.

My goal is to be an educator.

But ultimately the decision is up to you.:D

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Specializes in Labor & Delivery.

I'm so glad to read everyones input. I interviewed today at the teaching hospital. Their full time requirement is 3 12's one week and 4 the next week. WOW!! That's alot of driving. Most places iv'e worked have been 3 12's per week. Also on top of all of those hours I would have to start in high risk OB because i'm a relatively new nurse with only two years of experience. Even though i would learn more there than anywhere else, I've chosen to work at a tiny rural hospital closer to home (30 Miles) At this point in my life I want more family time. Maybe when my oldest graduates high school in a few years i'll devote more time at a facility like the teaching hospital. Hope all is well with everyone here and again i appreciate your input!:redpinkhe

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I live about 70 miles from where I work. It takes me an hour and 10 min to get to work. I leave about an 1 1/2 before worke so I spend about 3 hours getting and coming from work. I love the way to work. The drove home can be tough at times. I love where I work. All the local hospitals near me are owned by the same company and this is where I did clinicals. I would not consider working there for many reasons.So the drive for me is worth it. I would say a good portion of people who work where I do have at least a 30min drive, many even longer than that. So I guess you have to make a pro and con list from your own reasons and experiences. Good Luck to you!

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Specializes in L&D.

I drive about 25-26 miles each way to and from work. I doubt I would work any further from a hospital then this. It takes me about 20-30 minutes to drive to work, depending on traffic. I also have to battle city traffic when I get closer to work (I work in the city, live in the suburbs).

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