CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Janet Frances Lane, R.N., C.L.N.C.
Telephone: 813-835-9893 (Business)
813-835-9893 (Fax)
813- 831-5613 (Cell)
E-Mail Address: Jlane007@tampabay.rr.com
Family: Husband: Geoffrey C. Lane
Sons: Mark L. Wing, Esq.
Scott J. Wing
Brett E. Wing
Daughters: Jana M. Hubbard
Jeriann N. Lane
Professional Spokane Community College A.D.
Education: Nursing—Licensed as Registered Nurse (RN) 1978
Professional Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC) 2000
Certification: Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc.
Professional Certified-CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) 1978 to present
Certificates: Certified in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing—University of
Florida—1981
Certified in Neonatal Advanced Life Support 1990 to present
Certified in HEALTHDYNE Apnea Monitors 1990 –1991
Certified-Children’s Medical Services (CMS)—State of Florida
1990-1991.
CPR Instructor (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) 1990-1994
Certified-Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) 1991—1993
Certified—as a Pediatric Critical Care Flight Nurse with
CAREFLIGHT AIR AMBULANCE—Clearwater/St. Pete
Airport 1992—1994
Certified—Advanced Electronic Fetal Monitoring (FMC) 2005
Professional It is my Certification as a Legal Nurse Consultant that provides
Qualification: me with the necessary skill mix to integrate medicine and the law
Professional Certificates Birth Injury and The Law X—Jeffrey Phelan, MD, JD Oct. 2003
of Educational Updates AWHONN-Women & Heart Disease Feb 2004
Advanced Fetal Monitoring 2004 – Legal Implications Sept. 2004
Changing Elements of Negligence Oct. 2004
Experts Analyze Brain Damaged Baby Cases III Nov. 2004
Professional State of Florida Registered Nurse License # R.N. 1071162
Registrations: State of Hawaii Registered Nurse License # R.N. 45348
State of New Jersey Registered Nurse License #26NR10504600
Professional Field Manager for Genetic Technologies, Inc. Performing DNA
Services: testing, and working with attorneys on cases involving forensic
sciences in both criminal and civil cases.
Auditing Perform auditing of hospital and physician bills for personal and
Services: contract clients.
Professional Seminars: Speaker for a Seminar entitled: Understanding the Language:
LORIMAN Morning session: DNA Then and Now
Educational Seminars Afternoon session: Birth Asphyxia— What are the Causes
The Manchester Who’s Named in Who’s Who 2004-2005 Registry with write up biography
Who Registry Page 275
Professional Memberships: AALNC—AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL NURSE
CONSULTANTS- National Chapter and Tampa Chapter
2000 to present
NACLNC— NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED
LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANTS-- 2000 to present
Member INS--INFUSION NURSES SOCIETY—2005
Member AWHONN—ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S HEALTH
AND OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL NURSES
Member BNI—BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL
South Tampa Chapter
Member NNBA—NATIONAL NURSES IN BUSINESS ASSN.
2005
Member of two different on-line LNC networking organizations
that communicate daily with other LNC’s across the nation.
Military U.S. Army Reserves— Specialist V, Spokane, WA. 1975-1978
History: U.S. Army Guards— Captain, Camp Blanding, Fl. 1979-1980
Recreational Tandem sky-diving—Zephyrhills, Florida, and family camping
Interests: trips.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
6/2000 to present Independent consultant and owner of Medical Legal Consulting of
Central Florida.
We do case screening, organizing with analysis of medical records, review
the standards of care, do medical research, and provide the appropriate
experts that are necessary for the case.
We also do chronologies, timelines, and extensive data entry of records
when requested on particular cases. My company will supply RN expert
witnesses at no additional charge when we workup the case, and will
locate other experts as needed. In addition, I personally do DNA testing
of clients when needed for paternity and/or criminal cases.
12/17/03-01/17/04 Springhill Regional Hospital—Springhill, Florida.
A one month contract here as a contract RN where I assisted this hospital
in setting up and opening a new level II Neonatal ICU. In addition to
physically stocking the new unit, I also attended the normal deliveries as
well as the “high risk” deliveries. As the neonatal RN, I resuscitated the
infant, assigned the Apgars, and cared for the baby through the three to
four hour transitional time period.
11/98-6/02 “The Baby Place” at Largo Medical Center—Largo, Florida
As the only NICU nurse required being in this level II nursery during my
shift, my responsibilities are varied. They involve attendance at all hi-risk
deliveries, and attend regular deliveries when available. I resuscitate
(when necessary), dry and warm the infant, assign the apgars at one and
five minute intervals, weigh and assess the newborn, give the newborn
meds, then assist with starting the bonding process. I bathe the infant and
assist in the transitioning period before giving baby back to mom. In hi-
risk babies, I start IV’s, give meds and other fluids, help with intubation,
control proper oxygen levels, draw blood, assist with spinal taps, suction
infant, place under bili lights using appropriate care while they are under
the lights, and perform numerous other responsibilities.
2/99-5/99 Brandon Hospital—Brandon, Florida
Travel
Assignment Very busy level III NICU. I worked in both the level II and Level III area.
As this level II was the busiest, most of my work was here. It is here that
the babies spend most of their time until they are able to be discharged
home.
9/97-7/98 Tripler Army Medical Center—Honolulu, Hawaii
Travel
Assignment Level III NICU. Pregnant hi-risk mothers as well as premature and sick
infants are flown here from many islands in the Pacific including large
islands as well as the smallest islands. Premature babies ranged from 24
weeks gestation to 40-week seriously ill newborns.
11/96-8/97 The following hospitals include all the NICU units that I worked in
Contract as a staff agency nurse with the Progressive Nursing Agency located
Assignments in Alexandria, Virginia.
1) George Washington Hospital—Washington D.C.
2) Georgetown University Hospital—Washington D.C.
3) Hospital for Sick Children—Washington D.C.
4) Columbia Hospital for Women—Washington D.C.
5) Washington Children’s Hospital—Washington D.C.
6) Fairfax Hospital—Fairfax, Virginia
7) Alexandria Hospital—Alexandria, Virginia
8) Holy Cross Hospital—Silver Spring, Maryland
9) Shady Grove Hospital—Shady Grove, Maryland
10) Franklin Square Hospital—suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland
9/96-11/96 Yale-New Haven Hospital—New Haven, Connecticut
Travel
Assignment A busy level II—III NICU teaching hospital where I functioned as a staff
nurse primarily in the busy II nursery. The babies here were stable, but
may be prone to decreases in heart rate and oxygen levels. Some require
oxygen supplement, others were on room air but still having difficulties in
other areas.
5/96-8/96 Washington Children’s Hospital—Washington D.C.
Travel
Assignment Extremely busy level III NICU with the sickest children in D.C. and the
surrounding areas. This is a 40-bed unit requiring many travel nurses in
order to staff it sufficiently. Unfortunately, they never had enough
necessary nurses.
10/95-4/96 Providence Hospital—Northeast Washington D.C.
Travel
Assignment This older Catholic hospital, which was dedicated by President Lincoln, is
now equipped with a level II special care nursery. I enjoyed working here
for six months. Unfortunately, most of these babies were from black single
mothers who were addicted to drugs and/or had AIDS.
7/95-9/95 Fairfax Hospital—Fairfax, Virginia
Travel
Assignment Another large and busy level III NICU. I worked as a staff nurse in the
level II and level III areas of this unit.
4/95-7/95 Methodist Hospital—Dallas, Texas
Travel
Assignment A very busy level III NICU. I primarily worked in level II as it was the
busiest area. Babies here were on room air or oxygen with and/or without
nasal CPAP—a non-intubated form of allowing oxygen/air under pressure
to assist in keeping the infant’s lungs expanded. Assignment here involved
caring for babies termed “feeder-growers.”
6/94-3/95 Columbia Hospital for Women—Washington D.C.
Travel
Assignment This contract required a NICU nurse to work in the newborn special care
nursery where all normal newborns were brought to immediately after
delivery. I was responsible for their transitional four-hour period. Here I
did the newborn assessment, stabilized and bathed the infant before
sending it downstairs where it was cared for by the mother-baby RNs. If
the infant required special care, it would stay in our nursery- or if a serious
problem were to arise, I would admit it to the level III NICU for further
care. I also worked in the NICU when staffing required extra NICU help,
or when I was available during my days off.
01/94-6/94 Valley General Hospital—Brownsville, Texas
Travel
Assignment My contract here involved caring for one severely brain damaged infant
resulting from a traumatic delivery at this hospital. This assignment was
a challenge in many ways in that the parents were from just over the
border in Mexico, and did not speak any English. This baby was kept
alive on ventilatory support, feedings through a gastrostomy tube, and
intermittent IV therapy. I cared for this child for six months until place-
ment was found for her in a long-term care facility.
9/93-12/93 R.E. Tomasen Hospital—El Paso, Texas
Travel
Assignment This level III NICU is on the border of Mexico, and offered an exciting
learning experience of caring for sick and premature infants in a border
town.
1992-1993 CAREFLIGHT Air Ambulance—Clearwater, Florida.
Pediatric flight nurse with this company. I made many exciting trips in
both fixed wing and Lear Jet planes. My flights included trips in and from
Florida to Quebec, Canada, and other parts of the world.
1991-9/93 Vencor Hospital-new pediatric unit to open—Tampa, Florida
Hired here to organize and setup a small step-down pediatric unit for
infants and young children requiring long-term ventilatory support or
tracheostomy care. This small unit was set up as a 5-bed unit, and we did
have five patients originally after this unit opened. This unit was cared for
by four pediatricians that staffed the Pediatric Emergency Department at
Tampa General Hospital. (This unit some years later was moved to St.
Petersburg, Florida.).
1990-1991 St. Joseph’s Hospital NICU (formerly Humana Women’s Hospital)—
Tampa, Florida
Staff nurse in this level III NICU. This involved caring for critically ill
infants that were unstable and on ventilators as well as stable “feeder-
growers”.
1989-1990 Allied Medical Services—Pediatric Case Manager/Supervisor—
Tampa, Florida
As the pediatric case manager and nursing supervisor, this position
involved making hospital and home visits on sick children and infants. I
was responsible for care planning, and I worked directly with the
physicians on this. I was also supervisor for the nurses caring for these
children in their homes. This job further required that I go to the various
hospital NICU’s to teach parents basic infant CPR, and in the use and care
of the Healthdyne Apnea Monitors that their infants are to go home on.
During this time period I also taught CPR classes to the nurses at Tampa
General Hospital.
1988 St. Charles Hospital—Toledo, Ohio
Assisted in opening a new level II special care nursery. Unfortunately,
some months later, I suffered a severe ankle fracture. When able to travel,
I returned home to Tampa, Florida.
6/81-10/87 SHANDS Hospital at the University of Florida—Gainesville, Florida
I started here as a new trainee in the level III NICU. At this time, Shands
was one of only three NICU hospitals in the state of Florida. I completed
the critical care course offered there by the University of Florida. My job
responsibilities included assisting in hi-risk deliveries of infants requiring
resuscitation, care of septic and premature neonates- some requiring chest
tubes, intubation, umbilical arterial lines, central lines, peripheral lines,
orogastric tubes, shunts, blood transfusions, and of course, varying types
of medications.
Over the course of nearly seven years, I assisted in many “codes” on
infants- some with successful outcomes, and some with poor outcomes.
As NICU Nurses, we were trained to assist grieving parents throughout
their experience with their sick infants in the NICU. During my last three
years at Shands, I also functioned as a charge nurse.
0l/79-6/81 Seven Rivers Community Hospital—Crystal River, Florida
A staff nurse on the “med-surg” floor of this newly opened hospital. My
duties included team leading, starting and maintaining IV’s, care of pre
and post-op patients as well as the general nursing duties involved in
caring for patient’s with cancer and other illnesses.
06/78-12/78 Large nursing home facility—Spokane, Washington
My first position following graduation from nurses training. I functioned
as the Charge nurse on weekends in the “acute care” area of this large
facility. For three days during the week, I functioned as the “decubitus
nurse”. Here, I gained valuable experience in caring for older patients—
especially those with decubitus ulcers. I remained there until December
1978 when our family moved to Florida.
6/78-12/78 Pre-nursing career history in a “capsule”- Spokane, Washington
At age 17, I graduated from high school and attended Kelsey-Baird
Secretarial School in Spokane. I graduated quickly in three months at the
top of my class. I started work for three OB-GYN physicians. I later
worked for four busy general practice physicians starting as receptionist—
and six years later was the bookkeeper and insurance billing person.
In addition, for several years during this time period, I also worked as a
medical transcriptionist for an agency in downtown Spokane. I transcribed
medical record reports from physicians for the local hospitals. Later on, I
worked for a local dermatologist as his medical transcriptionist while I
was in nurses training.
It was during this time that I joined the U.S. Army Reserves. Then in
December of 1978 our family left Spokane and moved to Homosassa
Springs, Florida where I started my career as a registered nurse.