How long is your commute?

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Hello all! I am just curious as to how far you guys commute to your jobs. I am a new grad and I am trying to determine how far is "too far" as I continue my job search.

Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

I drive 45 mins - 1 hour an 30 mins depending on traffic. The 45 minutes is fine and the 1.5 hour-drive is rare so I can deal with it. I will gladly drive 1.5-2 hours if I can get a job at the hospital of my current dreams, however. If it's for anything else, no, unless I really am hard up for the experience.

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I can bike to work faster to work than I can drive (15 mins vs 20+ for traffic/parking) but as soon as I got my car that was pretty much the end of that healthiness. I'm trying to move to NY and I'm beginning to realize that I should probably get into podcasts and start learning to nap while on public transportation.

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Specializes in Surg- PACU/Anaes.

Usually an hour door-to-door including a coffee stop. Public transport in a major city (Sydney)

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

30 to 35 minutes no traffic. I'd hate to know the commute in traffic....

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I can bike to work faster to work than I can drive (15 mins vs 20+ for traffic/parking) but as soon as I got my car that was pretty much the end of that healthiness. I'm trying to move to NY and I'm beginning to realize that I should probably get into podcasts and start learning to nap while on public transportation.

My friend has a 45 min commute on the ELL - she took up knitting and donates her stuff to the shelters in her area. :)

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Specializes in Med/surg, Onc.

I'm spoiled, it's only 3 miles to work. I can ride my bike in nice weather. ADNs are hired fine in my area. I did apply to a few positions that would have taken me about 45 min one way.

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New grad, first and only job offer: 70 minutes one way on weekdays, 30 minutes on weekends. I get rush hour both ways.

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Specializes in Public Health.

5-10 minutes depending on if I take the surface streets or the freeway. The only real traffic you'll find in Las Vegas is when you get close to the strip or downtown.

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Specializes in Acute Care, CM, School Nursing.

40-45 minutes for me. I don't mind it at all. It's mostly highway, and I love my job! :) My second job is about 25 minutes, again on the highway.

I have had shorter commutes, for jobs I hated. NOT worth it...

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Specializes in Clinical Documentation Specialist, LTC.

My commute to my current job is under 15 minutes but I have zero benefits. New job I just accepted will be about a 45 minute commute with traffic and stop lights but with full benefits.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Depends on which facility I'm working at. My commute ranges from 5 minutes (the facility I go to the most often) to an hour and a half (last night's drive home, and the length of that commute is more due to traffic than to distance).

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In NJ 60minutes with traffic and 45-50 minutes without. I relocated to FLorida and i'll be commuting 15 minutes. In NJ the 1hr drive was extremely hard but it was worth it because the experience i needed , I couldnt get from my nursing home which was 30 minutes away.

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