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Small Exercise Tips for Nurses on Their Feet All Day
By Three Q PERMS on 18 August 2017Cooking dinner? Do standing push-ups while you wait for a pot to boil. Stand about an arm's length from the kitchen counter, and push your arms against the counter. Push in and out to get toned arms and shoulders. Just before bed or while you're giving yourself a facial at night, do a few rep...
Promoting a Healthy Work Environment as a Nurse
By Three Q PERMS on 04 August 2017Smoothies If you have a steady shift, it can be beneficial to begin a team initiative towards healthy eating such as making smoothies. If you can get a group together, organising to make a jug of smoothie a day and bring it in for the group to have before the shift starts is a great way to ge...
Nursing Interview Do’s and Don’ts
By Three Q PERMS on 28 July 20171.Tell us about yourself? Do tell them- Your successes and your experience, but keep it short. Don’t tell them- Your whole life’s story. They don’t have time to listen and you don’t know them that well. 2.Why did you choose nursing as your career? Do tell them- A great and insp...
Nurses Interacting with Patients – Topics of Conversation
By Three Q PERMS on 17 July 2017Just starting out in your nursing career and still a bit uneasy about interacting with patients? Here are a few pointers to remember: Speak Clearly: When talking to your patient, speak in slow, even tones so that you are easy to understand and make the patient feel at ease when speaking to...
Nurses! - Try to Avoid Talking about Work on your Lunch Break
By Nurse Jobs Ireland Admin on 13 January 2017As with all work places it is easy to carry over the workplace stresses to the lunch room. This is an awful mistake many people still make. Lunch time can be a very beneficial part of the day if you use it to set you up for the afternoon. It can allow you to clear away all the stresses and start...
New Year, New Job?
By Three Q PERMS on 28 December 2016The end of the year is when many people take stock of the current year and plan for the next. At least it seems that way in recruitment because we see a flood of activity prior to the Christmas period that extends into the new year. A lot of new applications tend to come at the end of ...
Nursing Team Building Ideas
By Three Q PERMS on 07 December 2016The nursing working environment can be a busy place so it can be hard to incorporate team building events into the hectic work day and no one wants to hang around after their shift to bond with their co-workers. So why not incorporate the initiatives into every day events like breakfast/lunch...
5 ways to celebrate World Kindness Day
By Three Q PERMS on 13 November 2016It’s World Kindness Day today and we know how kind and selfless nurses are during every shift that they do. Some words associated with nurses working in Ireland include generous, caring, selfless, compassionate, empathetic, person-centred and making a difference for those in need of healthcare i...
The future of student nurses in Ireland
By Three Q PERMS on 04 November 2016DCU Nurse Fair took place on Wednesday of this week and it was a great success. The DCU nursing building was packed to the rafters with first and final year DCU nursing students taking full advantage of all the attending exhibitors to offer career advice and help in finding their dream jobs. Nu...
Nurses need to Get Social
By Three Q PERMS on 02 November 2016Here at the DCU Nursing Fair, our top Nurse Recruitment Consultant Mahy Ashmawy is helping students understand the power of social media on their future nursing careers. The world is gone digital, and nurses need to make sure that they are digital and have an updated online profile. Mahy advis...