Before settling in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Brad Briscoe, DNP, ARNP spent 26 years as a Navy nurse practitioner. Brad, a Retired Commander in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps provided health care for the military at home, aboard, on ships and was deployed during wartime serving our county caring for the service men, women and their families. But practicing in Florida has been much different for our fellow FNPN member. When he retired from the military and began his civilian medical career with University of FLorida Health in 2011, he ran into the wall of outdate laws and Florida's restrictions on nurse practitioner authority. Read his story here in the Florida Times Union-Jacsksonville: http://members.jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2014-03-05/story/bill-expanding-nurse-practitioner-authority-divides-health