LPN Nursing School

Philly_LPN_Girl, LPN · Dec 22, 2013

Mines was a 15-20 min drive but I took the train, bus, or trolley to save gas and money on parking and my school was a block away from everything.

SWM2009 · Dec 22, 2013

My school was 45 minutes to 1 hour away depending on traffic. Throw in winter weather and we are talking 2+ hours. Then there were clinicals which were 90 minutes to 2 hours away, one way.

I survived it, I graduated, I did what I had to do. I see folks fretting about 30 minute commutes and I shake my head. I guess its all in where you live, what schools are available, and how far you are willing to travel to fulfill your goal.

nursingstudent5151 · Mar 8, 2014

this is my second time in school because last time I got into 2 really bad car accidents.

where I was living is the middle of nowhere and the 2 cities closest to me are baton rouge (west of me) and Hammond (east of me) both are about 30 miles away. but when I went to the school in baton rouge the traffic was horrible, it would take me a minimum of 1.5 hours every morning. but now going to Hammond the drive was only 30 minutes because there is no traffic. and now I live in Hammond so it takes me about 5 minutes to get to school.

I would have no problem driving an hour to aschool if I really liked the school and if it was just an hour away, but if that hour is because of traffic idk if I could handle that again. driving for 1 hour straight is completely different from sitting in dead traffic for an hour

Nurse2bOK · Mar 8, 2014

10-15 minutes depending on which route I take, highway or scenic. It's so nice having such a short commute!

BeeU_RN · Mar 10, 2014

I live about 30 minutes away from my school. I would have considered a school an hour away though. I start in 3 weeks! But I have commuted 45 minutes to another school before. I use the longer commute to wake up a bit more, drink my coffee, and relax listening to some music.