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Does anyone else drive really far to go to school? I have to drive 60 miles to get to one of my classes then drive another 45 miles in the opposite direction of my home to another school for another class and it takes me about 2 1/2 hours to get home from the second school (which is at 10:00pm) I have two children and a boyfriend that i care for and it seems as if im never at home. when i am at home, forget the house choirs, its time to study. I feel so bad that my time is so limited.

Anyone else feel this way?

Specializes in Med Surg/Tele/ER.
Does anyone else drive really far to go to school? I have to drive 60 miles to get to one of my classes then drive another 45 miles in the opposite direction of my home to another school for another class and it takes me about 2 1/2 hours to get home from the second school (which is at 10:00pm) I have two children and a boyfriend that i care for and it seems as if im never at home. when i am at home, forget the house choirs, its time to study. I feel so bad that my time is so limited.

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I know how you feel. I did pretty much the same thing but only over a summer session, five days a week. My husband did the housework, kept me clean clothes to wear & took care of everything. It won't last forever (seems like it does) so just do the best you can, give your children all the attention you can & just explain to them it won't last forever & your reason for doing it.I hope your boyfriend is understanding & willing to help....this is a good test.Good Luck to you! :)

Specializes in Rural Health.

Mon, Tues and Thurs I have to drive 70 miles round trip for school and I will get home around 10:30 or so from school 2 nights a week. Wednesday for clinicals it's over 150 miles round trip to one clinical location, almost 200 round trip for the other clinical location (that will start in October). :crying2:

I work 28 miles round trip on the weekends.

I feel like I'm never home either if it makes you feel any better

Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

My school is about 43 miles 1 way. Some of our rotations, i.e. psych were in MA--thank goodness RI is so small! :)

Hello. I'm driving 75 miles one way to classes right now, and it does take a lot of time. I was driving M-F for the summer session, and I thought I'd quit if the fall semester was that intense. It's only 3 days a week now, and two classes are completely online. I have a 2 year old and a husband, and I am trying really hard to juggle family stuff and school. Some days are better than others. I think I say "It's not forever" to myself about 500 times a day, but it seems to help me be less stressed. I make a point to spend some time with my family for an hour or so every day, usually around dinner time. Most days they are ok with this craziness that is nursing school. We all try to keep our sights on the end product and juggle the present as best we can. So anyway....you're not alone!

My school is 70 miles, one way. Kids' school is 15 miles in the other direction. We have class five days a week, so I drive in excess of 150 miles a day. Yuck!

Some of our clinicals are much further - up to 2-3 hours drive... Yes, it stinks. Yes, I live in a rural area. Yes, I'm very committed to my education! :)

Specializes in PCU, ICU, PACU.

I drive 100+ miles 3-4 days a week. It's 50 miles from my driveway to the driveway of the school and then another 10 to the hospital. Its no fun, but I'll live through it. My car may not though....

Specializes in LTAC, Telemetry, Thoracic Surgery, ED.

YIKES....

Just wanted to add, if you itemize your taxes I think the mileage is tax deductible so make sure you keep a mileage log....you may want to check it out

I'm also in a rural area. I drive 78 miles one way to get to the college. When clinicals start I will be driving 95 miles one way to attend them. So an average of 150-200 miles per day. I am willing to do so though. I think, suffer now, reap the rewards as soon as this is over. Now if the gas prices would just come down a little!!!!

I will be driving 104 miles round trip. I sure hope my car can handle it :crying2: I won't be able to afford break downs!!

Takes me 1 1/2h - 1h 40mins to get to uni, 2 hours now with all the roadwork.

I'm lucky in that live on campus, I couldn't stand driving that far every day of the week ... have done it a couple of times this yr ... by the end of the day I feel so grumpy and tired.

Just happy that the university I go to tries to organise everyone's placements so that we are close to home. Most everyone I've spoke to are driving 40-30 mins or less to their placements.

I can't believe how far you all drive to get to university or to clinicals. I won't complain again, as I only drive 4-6 times a term as I car share. I live 5 minutes from the hospital & about 30-45minutes depending on traffic & ease of parking from the university.

Here in the UK all the hospitals have students, so we can all be placed not that far from where we live, it's the getting to uni that is a distance sometimes.

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