Nurses: How far is your commute?

[Cola89]

And what's the length of your shifts? How long of a commute is reasonable for you? What do you think of the coworkers who drive from farther away?

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

6 miles. Mon-Fri 9a-5:30pm. This is the farthest I have ever lived from my primary job. I think people who commute over an hour each way are nuts.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

6 miles. Mon-Fri 9a-5:30pm. This is the farthest I have ever lived from my primary job. I think people who commute over an hour each way are nuts.

Then I'm nuts. But there are such few jobs in my area I'm lucky to have a job period.

[idialyze, BSN, RN]

71 miles round trip four days a week, good thing I love my job!

[ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP]

About fifteen miles and 20 minutes.

I was offered a job on nights but it was over an hour away. Hell no.

Twelve hours, particularly nights, is very taxing on the body. The shorter the commute, the better.

[JBudd, MSN]

3 miles, 10-15 minutes depending on the red lights. 12 hour nights.

I pity the ones who have to commute to another city (60 miles), although the cost of living is much less; especially on the rather steep climb when the snow and ice are heavy. After a long night no way do I want to face that drive!

[loriangel14, RN]

30 minutes and I work 12 hour shifts.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

3 miles, 10-15 minutes. Mon-Fri 8-5.

[kaydensmom01]

50 miles one way, about an hour drive. There are no jobs in my area.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

50 miles one way, about an hour drive. There are no jobs in my area.

Do you live near me? [emoji39]

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

My commute greatly varies since I now work from a home-based office and drive around to different facilities. Today my commute was about 22 miles one way.

[FloatRN19]

16 or so miles I think. Takes me 20 minutes if I hit all greens and light traffic. 30 minutes in moderate traffic. 45-60 if I take my alternate snow/accident on the interstate route.