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?

[ORNerd, BSN, RN]

20 miles, takes about 25 minutes. During rush hour, it can take me 45 minutes to an hour. My previous job was about 15-20 minutes but I lived in a snowy area and my commute could easily take much longer than that in bad weather. I personally would not drive more than 45 minutes to a job but I understand why people would be willing to commit to long commutes.

[Zelda, RN]

68 miles, about an hour for my FT job. 12 hour shifts. It's my dream job at a children's hospital - so I'll take the drive any day! Many of my coworkers have similar commutes, as this is where you work in the area if you love peds.

I will say though, we are planning to move closer once our lease is up in June. So it is a temporary commute.

My PRN job (which I will hold until we move) is about 2 miles away.

[haliforniaa]

14 km, about a 20-25 minute drive with no traffic. It seems like most people I work with live within walking distance. I'm surprised to see how far most of you have to commute. Where I live, there are two adult hospitals and a children's hospital pretty much downtown. I also pass another adult hospital and a psychiatric hospital on the way before I get into the city. And we are dyyyinnnnggg for nurses. RN's especially. We have the aging population of Atlantic Canada to thank for that!

[Wolf at the Door, BSN]

12.5 miles as fast as 14 minutes in am. on average 17 from my garage to parking lot.

And what's the length of your shifts? 12 hours

How long of a commute is reasonable for you? up to 30 minutes.

What do you think of the coworkers who drive from farther away? no opinion, got to pay their bills.

[RNator]

32 miles/ 40 mins...soon to be 18 miles/20 mins

12 hr shifts

[Coldsvt]

51 miles ones way to my full time gig and 38 to my per diem gig

Sone days 8 some 12 and some 16hrs

[Wolf at the Door, BSN]

If you live in California. 45min-1 hour is probably average.

[OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN]

16 miles or about 20 minutes full time 3 days a week. Not too bad

[SquishyRN, BSN, RN]

25 miles, 40-45 minutes, 7pm-7:30am shift, so this is a reverse commute. If I worked day shift, that same 25 miles would take almost 2 hours due to rush hour traffic.

[NanaPoo]

I drive 7 miles to work and it takes approx. 12 mins depending on school traffic and totally depending if I'm late getting out in the morning. It's amazing what a difference 4-5 minutes makes on the morning suburban commute.

My school nurse "shift" is 7:45a-3:15p, Monday-Friday. No summers, no holidays, no weekends, no spring breaks, no snow days, etc, etc.

I totally get it that people choose a longer drive...some people truly need to be out of the city. We chose to be in so as not to have such a long commute.

[sunnynurse36]

From my living room to my office [emoji16]

[mandasue81]

It takes me 5 minutes to get to work, on a bad day, when all of the lights are red. I don't even have to get on the freeway, and I live in the L.A area, so you have no idea how much of a blessing that is!!