What time do you leave for work? Walk onto your unit? Clock in?

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I leave my house at 0625, walk onto my unit around 0645, clock in at 0700.

I used to have a 90 minute commute so I know how lucky I am.

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I leave at 1800. Arrive 1845. Clock in 1853.

 

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Leave at 0530. Park at 0615-0630 depending on traffic. Shuttle right away if I'm lucky, 10 minutes later if I'm not. 8 minute walk from shuttle drop off to my office, change into scrubs. Make it to the OR desk to meet orientees around 0645-0650 (it's a long walk from my office).

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Specializes in Community health.

I live in a state that is geographically tiny.  I appreciate it, after years of being in the south and midwest where people think nothing of driving 75 minutes!  I start work at 9:00 in my current job.  I leave at 8:30, just because I like to have plenty of extra time.  I arrive at about 8:45 and then putter around for 15 minutes-- park the car, go in and say hi to people, get coffee, mess around on my phone.  It's a relaxing way to start my morning.

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Specializes in kids.

Leave around 7 for 7:10 (expectation of contract, no clock)  a little earlier in the bad weather to allow for slick roads

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

I have two jobs: first job leave at 10:07, park about 10:29, clock in at 10:53. (on about four occasions, the highway has been closed and leaving at 10:07 means I can still arrive by 10:55 on the back roads)

Second job: leave at 5:45, park at 6:45, don't punch a clock but logged into system by 6:55. 

According to my kids I suffer from "early for everything- itis". 

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I rotate between days and nights but I still leave at the same time. On Days I leave around 06:15 and get to work around 6:35-06:45ish depending on traffic. The parking is such a long walk so I need about 10-15 minutes to walk from employee parking all the way to my department so I usually clock in at around 07:00 or 06:55ish. 

On night same it’s the same story and I leave around 6:15ish and get to the hospital around 6:35ish but I usually sit in the car and gather myself until around 6:50ish before I walk in since overnights we can park in the main garage and the walk isn’t that far. 

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