How long is your commute?

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Call me crazy, but I am considering commuting to my next nursing job! (Still in school here, so I am just day dreaming) I live in NorthWest Florida where nursing jobs are a rare find, not to mention the low pay for Florida nurses. I actually commute now to Houston TX every other week for my flight attendant job. I am thinking about applying to some Level I and II hospitals out there, as a PRN, because I do have the benefits of stand by flying. I hope to work a day, two or three there and fly home. I do not want to move out of my paradise home..! :redbeathe

Specializes in M/S, Travel Nursing, Pulmonary.
3 miles.

Free parking

I park right in front of the side entrance to ICU, so it takes me a whopping 36 seconds to walk from my car to our unit :D

Dang. Nice. My hospital is doing construction and we have to walk MILES. But, I have to give credit where it is due, my facility does not charge for parking either.

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Specializes in M/S, Travel Nursing, Pulmonary.
Call me crazy, but I am considering commuting to my next nursing job! (Still in school here, so I am just day dreaming) I live in NorthWest Florida where nursing jobs are a rare find, not to mention the low pay for Florida nurses. I actually commute now to Houston TX every other week for my flight attendant job. I am thinking about applying to some Level I and II hospitals out there, as a PRN, because I do have the benefits of stand by flying. I hope to work a day, two or three there and fly home. I do not want to move out of my paradise home..! :redbeathe

Just a quick quiestion though:

What would stop you from moving there? Like where you are too much, family and/or friends?

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

Forty-five minutes each way. Thank goodness for satellite radio.

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Specializes in ED, Long-term care, MDS, doctor's office.

2 miles...free parking:)

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Specializes in Peds Medical Floor.

Wow that would be an interesting commute!!!! :lol2::lol2: That would be kinda cool. Or I'm just a little jealous of your ability to fly stand by. :rolleyes:

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36 minutes on a very dangerous mountain road

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Specializes in M/S, Travel Nursing, Pulmonary.
36 minutes on a very dangerous mountain road

Wow. I love mountains, I want to move back to WA just to be able to see Mt. Rainier once a month. IDK if I want to drive through one to get to work though.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

12.5 miles which can be 25 - 45 mins depending on traffic and if there is a bridge lift or not.

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Specializes in med-surg, OR.

50 min mostly all highway, door to door, sometimes the drive really sucks (in the winter,) but I love the hospital I work for.

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

30-40 min drive. the magnet hospital i work at is worth the commute.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology.
Forty-five minutes each way. Thank goodness for satellite radio.

My thoughts exactly! I've got about a 40-minute drive on the freeway to and from work, and my satellite radio is all that saves me on my way home some mornings after 14 hours.

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Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.

for my med/surg/rehab job, its 5 minutes. For my L&D job, its a half hour.

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