Lane Therrell FNP MSN, RN, NP

Lane Therrell FNP has 11 years experience as a MSN, RN, NP and specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Latest Activity

1. 

   Six Pieces of Advice for New Nurses

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to Melissa Mills's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you so much @Melissa Mills for offering these great tips. I recently interviewed a ton of nursing candidates (many of whom were new grads) for a small-but-growing start-up. Apparently, several of the candidates had never been advised in job-sea...
2. 

   I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

   WOW!. That's more than the average salary of a licensed vocational nurse (according to lvnsalary.org).
3. 

   I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

   This is an incredibly important gold nugget of wisdom. "What would it take for me to have peace of mind on this job, or any other?" would be a good question to explore for anyone who's second-guessing their career choice.
4. 

   Medical coding/billing for RNs

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to Cgritz77's topic in General Nursing

   Coding and billing knowledge is truly specialized, so I say get all the education you can if this is an area of interest for you. I actually spent my morning today looking for continuing education opportunities for myself on billing and coding (good ...
5. 

   Billing for Time Spent on Survivorship Care Plans?

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in Oncology

   Thank you so much for this response. Your patients are indeed lucky to have you! I have noticed, too, that the oncologists are not as engaged as I wish they could be in survivorship concerns. Unfortunately, the "encouragement to share (survivorship p...
6. 

   How Technology Use Can Impact Our Health

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Stress 101

   Balancing technology use will continue to grow as an important topic at the forefront of preventive health. My favorite way to balance tech-time is to plan for genuinely unplugged time in nature. "Genuinely unplugged" includes leaving cell phone and...
7. 

   Billing for Time Spent on Survivorship Care Plans?

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in Oncology

   Thank you so much for pointing me toward these resources. From where I sit in primary care, I see that the needs of cancer survivors are ongoing over time, and highly variable. This means survivorship care plans would ideally be updated and revisited...
8. 

   Billing for Time Spent on Survivorship Care Plans?

   Lane Therrell FNP posted a topic in Oncology

   Does anyone in this group know which CPT codes are appropriate to use when spending time working on survivorship care plans? And... if there are no billing codes specific to this activity, why not? I'm worried that cancer survivors aren't getting wha...
9. 

   What Advice Would You Give to Future Nurses?

   Lane Therrell FNP replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Career Support

   Thanks for keeping it real, Nancy. This is oh so very true.
10. 

    What Advice Would You Give to Future Nurses?

    Lane Therrell FNP replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Career Support

    Well said. It's true that my nursing licenses, credentials, and experiences have opened doors for me in writing, business, and academia that would have remained closed to me otherwise. If you have any doubts about whether you'll fit into a traditiona...
11. 

    What Advice Would You Give to Future Nurses?

    Lane Therrell FNP replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Career Support

    This is the best advice EVER.
12. 

    What Advice Would You Give to Future Nurses?

    Lane Therrell FNP replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Career Support

    Communication skills top my list of must-haves for aspiring nurses. Specifically face-to-face and on-the-phone interpersonal communication skills. In our time crunched, tech driven, digitally connected world it's tempting to assume we already know ev...
13. 

    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Lane Therrell FNP replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. It's timeless wisdom. And so incredibly simple. Unfortunately it seems that sense is no longer common in most of the world today.
14. 

    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Lane Therrell FNP replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. It can be this simple: If everyone, no matter what religion or professional training they have chosen, treated others the way they want to be treated the world would be a healthier, happier place.
15. 

    Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Lane Therrell FNP replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for providing a concrete example of a rational solution that apparently meets everyone's needs.