CeBee Blog: Pop Culture
Great Discounts & Deals for Healthcare Workers and First Responders
Emergency medical personnel and healthcare professionals have been one of the hardest hit industries dealing with the global pandemic. Many are working long, exhausting hours and risking their lives o . . .
Dark Humor, Navigating Laughter's Place in Medicine
Does dark humor help? Why is it used as a coping mechanism? Is dark humor healthy, or is it destructive to ourselves and those around us? The answers to these intriguing questions have us doing a de . . .
The Case Against Crocs
Big, roomy, comfortable, and absolutely unfashionable, Crocs. Wear them everywhere, or only around the home, but if you are a Crocs person, you can’t imagine your life without them. If you aren’t a . . .
Tips & Tricks for Spring Cleaning
While some areas around the country might still be feeling cooler temperatures, most of the southern states have started warming up and feeling more like springtime. The days have started to get longe . . .
What it takes to Maintain a Healthy Relationship
If there’s one thing that most humans can agree about, it’s that everyone typically wants to live a long, happy life and share it with someone they truly care about. Most people want to meet the perfe . . .
Ways to Stay Healthy During a Busy Life
It’s never too late to start healthier life habits, especially when we live in such a fast-paced world where life comes at you fast and it’s difficult to slow down and take time to put your health as . . .
Are you ready to go Vegan?
For many, deciding to go vegan can be a big lifestyle change. Maybe you’re looking to eat more healthy foods to better a health concern, or maybe you’re just trying to be more environmentally friendly . . .
Surviving an Election Year
As if the year 2020 couldn’t get any more stressful, the upcoming election has been the cherry on top of an unprecedented, unforgiving year that seems like it will never end. If you watch the news, ha . . .
What Does Your New Year's Resolution Look Like for 2021?
The New Year is just around the corner and to many that means it’s time for a fresh start. It means saying goodbye to the year 2020 – which many won’t miss – and saying hello to a New Year with new op . . .
How CBD Affects Our Health
Although it’s part of the cannabis (cannabaceae) family, the ingredient cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is becoming increasingly popular among new health trends and healthy living topics around the gl . . .
Holiday Movie Madness: Nursing Edition
If you’re in the medical field, it’s only natural that as the movie progresses, you’re scouting out and diagnosing character injuries as they happen. In this blog, we’re going to cover a few holiday c . . .
Mysterious E-Cigarette & Vaping-Related Lung Injuries
If you’re like the average “vaper” or e-cigarette user, it’s most likely that you picked up the habit after hearing it was a potentially better alternative to smoking cigarettes. However, recent news . . .
The Keto Diet: Will it Enhance My Performance?
By now, you’ve probably encountered a friend or family member who’s tried the famous “keto” diet, right? Or maybe you’ve tried the diet yourself? Either way, it’s a popular, trending diet that has mad . . .
The Evolution of the Bra
Whether you’re ready or not, there comes a time in every girl’s life when wearing a bra becomes part of the journey into womanhood. The bra or “brassiere" has been around in one form or fashion for hu . . .
Could Owning a Cat Improve Your Health?
When National Adopt-A-Cat Month comes around each year in June, it’s hard to resist those precious purring, biscuit-kneading feline friends looking for a “fur-ever” home. But did you also know that ow . . .
Blessed be the Fruit: The Handmaid's Tale Nursing Edition
If you haven’t seen the show, it should be warned that it’s not for the faint of heart. As many of the characters in the show experience terrible tragedies and undergo life or death situations. Throug . . .
Winter is Coming: Nursing Edition
Throughout the show of Game of Thrones (GOT), it’s not uncommon for the key characters to get badly hurt or injured in battle, or through other unfortunate circumstances, and to go through a healing a . . .
Benefits of Massage Therapy for Nurses
Nurses suffer from back pain, neck pain, stress and anxiety on a daily basis. A relaxing massage might just be the trick to rejuvenate and energyze a worn down nurse during this holiday season.
Strange Science-The Medicine of Science Fiction
The way in which science fiction has influenced medicine is truly out of this world. From Frankenstein to The Fifth Element, medical technology and procedures have been pushed into actual practice. We . . .
You Can't Believe Everything You Read
Social media is a great place to learn interesting facts. It’s also a breeding ground for mis-information. That’s why we have compiled a few examples to keep you entertained and informed.
How Essential are Essential Oils?
Essential oils have been all the rage, especially within the last several years. So, what exactly are they and what makes them so great? Don’t worry, we will delve into their history, how they are bei . . .
Great Deals for Nurses
Nurses and other professionals in the healthcare industry work long hours, save lives and often forget to take time for themselves. Although this work is often selfless, some companies recognize this . . .
5 Best Gifts for Nurses
Ah, the holiday season. The Christmas trees are up, hot cocoa is out and the hectic shopping begins. Of course we all want to give original gifts to our friends and family, but what can we give to the . . .
Lifesaving Blood From the Sky: Drones Deliver Medical Supplies
One pint of blood can save as many as three lives but, blood transfusions cannot save lives if it is not easily accessible. More than 90 percent of roads in Africa wash out each year, creating a hurdl . . .
Old Wives' Tales: True or False?
We all know that if you swallow your chewing gum, that wad is going to sit in your stomach undigested for seven years. But how do we know that? Someone probably told us—a parent, a classmate—or else w . . .
Next generation tech at Human Engineering Research Laboratories
Air-powered wheelchairs, mobile-device-operated robotic arms, 3D printing and interactive kitchens are just a few innovative research projects forming in a Pennsylvania-based laboratory.
Would You Have Believed These Medical Hoaxes?
We’ve all fallen for a prank at one time or another. It’s okay to admit it; we’ve all been there for the rubber spider or cellophane under the toilet seat. But sometimes a hoax comes along and pulls t . . .
The Best (and Worst) Doctors and Nurses of TV
Hospitals, like courtrooms, are natural epicenters of drama and life-changing events. Is it any wonder then that we keep returning to them for entertainment? The doctors and nurses who walk the hallwa . . .
Stories to Tell around the Hospital Campfire
Working in a hospital, you’re bound to see some interesting things. Maybe miraculous, maybe terrifying, but occasionally just strange. You surely have your own stories to share around the campfire, bu . . .
TV's Worst Hospitals
As a nurse, you know the ins and outs of a hospital better than your average med show binge-watcher, including the moments when they add a little extra blood or romance for drama’s sake. To be fair, f . . .
Are You a Nurse Working the Holiday Shift? Here’s 5 Reasons to Embrace It
While we embrace the notion that nurses are superheroes, we’re also like everybody else. Most of us would like nothing more than to be home with family, eating delicious food, laughing at old stories . . .
How Coffee Helps (and Harms) Nurses
One thing that nurses always need more of is time, but it’s a limited commodity that’s not for sale and you can’t get it back. So many of us make up for it with hard work and long hours energized by o . . .
Feds Tell Nursing Homes To Address Employees Exploiting Patients on Social Media
A patient’s privacy should always be protected by their healthcare provider, but unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Patient abuse has been an underlying issue in healthcare for quite some time . . .
Top 4 Picks for a Nurse's Netflix and Chill
You’re a nurse who is finally free, yippee! You may think to yourself, “Will I go shopping? Maybe the gym? A night out with my friends, perhaps?” Then it hits you, it’s your weekend and you don’t want . . .
Nurses Week Winning Memes in Our Caption This Contest!
We want to thank all of the nurses who entered our Nurses Week “Caption This” contest in May. We had quite a few funny, creative entries, but the following quotes were the creme of the crop, so we ha . . .
Don't Give Up: 3 Tips for Accomplishing Those New Year’s Resolutions
It’s the first week of the new year and many of us nurses are ready for a fresh new start and a brand new lease on life. Just one problem. As many of you know, the inspiration and motivation to kee . . .
6 Easy Last Minute Christmas Gifts for the Nurses In Your Life
Nurses are some of the hardest working people on the planet and if anyone deserves to have something nice in their stocking this holiday season, it’s them. However, the Christmas holiday is so close, . . .
7 Ways Nurses Can Stay Healthy & Keep Off the Pounds This Holiday Season
Nurses, the holidays are right around the corner, so that means lots of cheer, friends, family and yummy food. Working in the healthcare industry does little to stop us from indulging in a piece of p . . .
A Nurse’s Guide to Black Friday 2015
The Thanksgiving holiday is a time for family, friends and great food--but the following days are all about the biggest shopping days of the year: Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
7 Ridiculously Easy Halloween Costume Ideas for Busy Nurses
So you still don’t have any costume ideas for halloween? No worries! You’re a nurse, you’re busy saving lives, and you shouldn’t have to rack your brain trying to figure out a costume, so we’ve throw . . .
Become a Nurse Expert in the Dr. Oz #NURSESEARCH
Think you’ve got what it takes to be considered a nurse expert? What about a nurse celebrity? The 3 time emmy-winning show Dr. Oz, that’s who!
Whip Nae Nae Dance Story
If anyone’s ever doubted whether patients are more than just a number to doctors and nurses, then they should hear the story of 12-year-old Sophia Petikas. This young patient got the surprise of a lif . . .
8 Things Only Nurses Understand
As a nurse, you’ve clocked thousands of hours in your hospital, doctor’s office or clinic. You’ve built unbreakable bonds with your team and gone through similar victories and frustrations. So it’s no . . .
Nurses Week 2015: For All the Nurses Who Rock
It’s your week---National Nurses Week, that is! It kicks off today, May 6, and ends on May 12, the birthday of nursing trailblazer Florence Nightingale.
Great Last Minute Valentines Day Gifts for Nurses!
If anyone deserves some love on Valentine’s Day, it’s nurses. You recognize that nurses deserve something special on this holiday of love, and while personalized items like mugs with “RN Jane Doe” is . . .
How Nurses Can Reduce Stress, Improve Health in a Few Minutes with Meditation
Most people who enter the nursing field do it because they love it, but that doesn’t mean that the job is without its difficulties. It’s demanding nature and long hours create a high stress atmosphere . . .
Old Wives' Tales: Truth or False?
We all love old wives' tales. They are not only fun to learn, but some of them are actually true. I caution my patients to avoid relying upon them solely, however, because wives' tales can also be - w . . .
March Madness
College hoops fans go crazy in the month of March. March Madness is an NCAA tradition gluing tons of sports fans to their television sets.
Why Your Team Losing May Be Affecting Your Health
You’ve managed to get through the holidays without overdoing it too much, I hope, but we have yet another impending junk food trap: the Super Bowl.
Best Resources for Healthy Baking
During the holiday season many of the people who live in the U.S. celebrate with family, friends, and good food. Often, the traditional
Moderating Holiday Calories
As nurses, people turn to us for advice on a number of healthcare issues, and one of the most common problems people face is how to