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Nursing The Lane Way is designed to be a comprehensive program like no other. Our students have a 98% passing rate!!

Diana Lane -owner of Nursing The Lane Way

Our Story

Diana's areas of Nursing experience include: Critical care nurse, cath lab, angiogram special procedures, open heart, MSICU, neuro ICU, Telemetry, medical surgical, home health, Nursing home supervisor and staff nurse, dialysis nurse, educator.

 

 Education:

  • Masters of Science in Nursing, Russell Sage College, NY

  • Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Russell College, Troy, NY

  • National Honor Society for Nursing: Sigma Theta Tau –

Accreditation Experience:

  • Florida Board of Nursing

  • Department of Education

  • ACICS

  • ACEN formerly NLNAC

  • Certifications: ACLS, BLS, IV, Central Line

Evolve Elsevier Publishing : NCLEX reviewer, I travel to a different college or 2014-2016

university every week and conduct NCLEX reviews for LPN, RN and BSN Nursing students.

Expert lectures in:

Pharmacology

Physical assessment and lab value interpretation

Pathophysiology

 Medical surgical Nursing Critical care complex care

OB and Pediatric care

 

 

 

St. Petersburg College-St. Petersburg, FL 2003- 2005

Instructor- Government Grant Position

  • Taught RN levels I, II, II and IV

  • Tutoring critical care for Nursing IV and Pharmacology

  • Clinical instruction for all levels of nursing students, in all clinical settings: Pediatrics, Critical Care, cath lab med/surg , ER nursing, and all specialties

  • Taught theory and content for pharmacology nursing

 

Largo Medical Center, Largo, FL 2002-2005

Critical Care educator and ICU Nurse

 

  • Developed and implemented critical care internship program,-120 hours didactic content-CEUs provided

  • Taught a Government grant program for HCA at St. Petersburg College

  • Developed mock code protocols for annual competency for all critical care nurses

  • Developed with pharmacy adult IV medication guideline protocol book for all units and floors-adopted by hospital and incorporated into hospital formulary

  • Work at the bedside in all units: ICU, CCU, CSU (open heart) post cath lab and MICU

  • Work on all med/surg and tele floors

 

Medical Staff Network, Boca Raton, FL 2002-2003

Critical Care travel nurse to Largo Medical Center- Largo, FL

 

Interim Health Care Agency Nursing, Albany, NY 2001-2002

Critical Care nursing at Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY

  • ICU Nursing duties

 

Glens Falls Hospital-Glens Falls, NY 1995-2000

Night Charge Nurse in CCU

Float Nurse-Fulltime

  • Making all nurse/patient assignments

  • Monitored 30 heart monitors

  • Code beeper for entire hospital, and responded to all codes

  • Caring for patients during MI, post cardiac catherization, angiogram special procedures, post thrombolytics, intubated patients and titrating critical drips

  • CCRN

Saratoga Public Health Department 1993-1995

Evening public health nurse, carried emergency beeper for saratoga county

Caring for home bound clients with acute care needs

Ivs, wounds, chronic illness

Saratoga Hospital 1991-1995

Telemetry medical surgical BSN RN ( charge nurse after first year)

Caring for patients of all acuities and needs

Prior to nursing school graduation I was a CNA nursing assistant at this hospital.

Breckinridge School of Nursing at ITT Technical Institute-Tampa, FL 2009- 2014

Director of Nursing

  • Responsible for starting the ADN program

  • Earned approval from FL Board of Nursing in 6 weeks and ACICS accreditation

  • Grew ADN program to 200 students

  • Managed a staff of 8 full time Instructors

  • Obtained clinical placements, hire and train faculty

  • Ensured board of nursing regulations are maintained

  • Taught: Pharmacology, dosage calculations, critical care theory and clinical

 

University of South Florida 2003-2010

Instructor (Full time and Adjunct) ONLINE Instructor for 7 years at BSN Level.

  • Instructed live, telecast and online courses at the BSN level

  • Taught: Pathophysiology, Physical Assessment, Legal/Ethical, Nursing Research/Inquiry and HIV

 

Galen Nursing School-Tampa, FL 2006-2009

Lead Clinical Instructor

  • Taught: didactic lectures, clinical teaching and supervising nursing lab for RN and LPN programs

  • Achieved new clinical affiliation agreements for Galen with 5 new hospitals

 

Largo Medical Center –Largo, FL 2008-2009

PRN Critical Care Nurse (part-time)

  • PRN Critical Care Nurse in Medical Surgical ICU to keep nursing skills current

 

MSICU Centennial Medical Center, HCA corporate-Nashville, TN 2005-2006

Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist: intubated clients

  • CNS for 32 bed Neuro ICU, with ventriculostomies, Multisystem, cardiac, respiratory and septic patients.

  • Responsible for over 100 RNs

  • Still worked at the bedside

  • Responsible for all competencies, orientation of new staff

  • Developed preceptor program, critical care orientation manual and 90 day check list

  • Developed K & mag protocol, Avian Flu Ventilation Policy, and worked on DT protocol

    • Coordinated and taught: Neuro workshop, Critical Care orientation classes, basic EKG classes and numerous AACN CCRN review in services

    • Responsible for filling out state nursing association CEU and education design application

    • Served as clinical resource

    • Started Local Chapter of the AACN in Nashville, The Nashville Regional chapter, and was mentioned in the AACN critical care newspaper (July edition) for being the #1 leader in the nation in membership recruitment

    • Serve on numerous committees: code blue, medication delay, nursing leadership and much more

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