If you are a nurse with credentials from Nursing Bridges Institute in Pensacola, Florida, your nursing license is in jeopardy.
Operation Nightingale, the massive federal investigation targeting diploma mills in Florida, continues to impact graduates from Nursing Bridges Institute. As federal prosecutions and new indictments continue, state Boards of Nursing (BONs) are targeting individuals with credentials from the implicated schools, including Nursing Bridges Institute, with licensing delays, credential audits, disciplinary investigations, hearings, and sanctions.
At the LLF National Law Firm, we know that Operation Nightingale has undermined the lives of many nurses. You don’t want to be next. If you obtained your diploma from Nursing Bridges Institute, it is time to prepare your defense and protect your nursing license. To discuss your case, call our experienced attorneys at 888-535-3686 or submit a confidential inquiry form.
Is Your Nursing License at Risk Because of Your Nursing Bridge Institute Transcript?
As Operation Nightingale continues, questions about the legitimacy of credentials from Nursing Bridges Institute grow. State BONs are questioning all credentials from the schools implicated in the fraud investigation. Applicants for nursing licenses may find their license applications slowed or stalled.
Across the country, state officials and investigators are treating every Nursing Bridges Institute diploma as illegitimate and invalid, leaving nurses desperate to prove the validity of their credentials.
If you’re targeted by a state BON or other administrative or investigative agency, let us help.
You don’t have to navigate the inquiry alone. When you are alone, it is too easy to make decisions out of a sense of fear, panic, or distress. Instead, our experienced attorneys can help you. Whether you want to submit a written statement to your BON or are considering a voluntary license surrender or other sanction, the LLF National Law Firm can work with you to prepare a thoughtful and timely defense.
The LLF National Law Firm has been defending the licenses of nurses targeted after Operation Nightingale for years. We have the professional license defense experience you need to defend your credentials and protect your license.
Nursing Bridges Institute
Nursing Bridges Institute, LLC was formed in 2017 by Simon and Anna Itaman and operated its Pensacola campus in northern Florida. The Itamans also owned Nursing Bridges Incorporated, a Texas corporation. Both entities focused on nursing education.
For years, aspiring nurses trusted that Nursing Bridges Institute would provide an accelerated nursing education program to help them pass the nursing boards and qualify for state licensure
Operation Nightingale Targets Owners of Nursing Bridges Institute
Since 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida has led the criminal prosecution of individuals targeted in Operation Nightingale, including Simon and Anna Itaman.
In September 2023, Simon and Anna Itaman both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Operation Nightingale continues, with Federal prosecutors making another round of indictments in 2025.
Nursing Bridges Institute Leaves Graduates Vulnerable
Nursing is a hard but rewarding career. The path to earning a diploma, passing your boards, and working as a licensed nurse can be long, expensive, and fraught with stress and uncertainty. This is particularly true of foreign-educated nurses who go to great lengths to navigate the U.S. credential maze to obtain a nursing license.
Operational Nightingale showed us that unscrupulous people will take advantage of the complexity of the US licensing system for their personal gain. It is easy to see how a nursing student, navigating the education and credentialing process alone, could become overwhelmed. That desperate student, when offered an opportunity to fact-track a credential, can make a mistake.
We know. Mistakes happen.
Don’t let an isolated error in judgment undermine your life. Don’t let fear, shame, uncertainty, or professional embarrassment keep you from defending yourself or your license.
If you have a credential from Nursing Bridges Institute, you may face credential audits, disciplinary investigations, or sanctions. When you do, prepare to defend yourself: Be responsive. Be proactive. Be smart.
Let the Professional License Defense Team at the LLF National Law Firm help you navigate any disciplinary process or consequence. We can develop and implement a comprehensive license defense strategy, including communicating with your state BON, protecting your due process rights, and implementing a mitigation strategy to minimize the damage to you, your career, and your future. Partner with our team of professional license defense attorneys to determine your priorities and explore your next steps to rebuild your career.
For nurses who completed Nursing Bridges Institute’s coursework and paid a high-priced tuition, you trusted that your diploma would fuel your future. You attend class. You did the work. You graduated. Now, because of a few greedy administrators, your educational credentials are being scrutinized and disregarded. Your nursing license is under attack.
You have to be prepared to defend your credentials and your nursing license. The LLF National Law Firm can help challenge the BON’s attack on your hard-earned and expensive credentials and your nursing license, developing primary-source and secondary evidence of your education, including:
- Certified clinical logs
- Transit and travel receipts to Pensacola
- Tuition payment ledgers
- Textbook receipts
- Proctored exam histories
State Boards of Nursing Disciplinary Response to Nursing Bridges Institute
Across the country, state BONs are identifying nurses with credentials from schools targeted by Operation Nightingale and aggressively pursuing license investigations and sanctions.
Industry reports indicate that the New York State Education Department gave nurses 14 days to provide proof that they fulfilled the training and education requirements of the nursing exam. Nurses in Georgia with credentials from targeted schools have been asked to surrender their licenses within 30 days.
The Texas Board of Nursing publicly discloses the formal charges and disciplinary actions connected to Operation Nightingale.
Across the country, applicants for licensure-by-endorsement are having their credentials flagged, and licensing processing is stalled.
Importantly, BONs are aggressively challenging the licenses of nurses without a thorough, individualized inquiry into the legitimacy of their specific credentials. This overzealous, “guilt-by-association” tactic presents serious due process concerns. Nurses are being asked to provide substantial documentation in a short period to prove the validity of their credentials. If they fail to meet this burden, their license and livelihood are in jeopardy.
With stakes so high, let the LLF National Law Firm help you defend your license from these generalized attacks.
Employers Hustle to Protect Themselves
While state BONs fast-track disciplinary actions and pressure nurses to surrender their license, healthcare employers are taking action to terminate the employment of nurses with credentials from target schools, such as Nursing Bridges Institute.
Hospitals, health systems, and clinical networks are risk-averse and extremely sensitive to public perception. In the wake of Operation Nightingale, medical facilities across the country have launched internal audits to identify staff members with education credentials from Nursing Bridges Institute or other targeted schools.
Once identified as having a credential from an implicated school, nurses often find themselves placed on administrative leave, suspended, or terminated.
After losing their employment, nurses may receive notice from their state BON advising them to voluntarily surrender their license. In many states, a voluntary surrender is considered a permanent disciplinary action. Additionally, a voluntary surrender is reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank, making it difficult, if not impossible, to work in the healthcare field again.
Your nursing license is the foundation of your life and livelihood. Don’t surrender without a fight. Before you agree to voluntarily surrender your license or accept any sanction, talk to the Professional License Defense Team at the LLF National Law Firm.
At the LLF National Law Firm, We Will Fight for You and Your Nursing Bridges Institute Credential
You built a career in nursing so you could care for vulnerable patients. We built our practice so we could fight for you.
If you are a nurse facing license disciplinary investigations or sanctions because of Operation Nightingale, the LLF National Law Firm can help.
We understand the fear, pressure, and uncertainty that Operation Nightingale created, and the state BONs are perpetuating.
If you’ve made a mistake, had a lapse in judgment, or trusted the wrong people, you still deserve to protect yourself and your livelihood. You still have due process rights. Our team can help you navigate the high-pressure disciplinary and investigative tactics of your state BON.
Let Us Defend Your Nursing Bridges Institute Credentials
Operational Nightingale will continue to impact the nursing community for years to come. Nurses with credentials from Nursing Bridges Institute should expect to face audits, be asked to surrender their license, and be targeted for disciplinary investigations and other sanctions.
These threats to your license are professional emergencies that require a swift, thoughtful, and comprehensive response. Don’t let uncertainty, shame, or fear dictate your next steps. Instead, partner with the experienced attorneys at the LLF National Law Firm. We can help.
After defending nurses and their licenses across the country, our team has the knowledge, experience, and tenacity to challenge any threat to your nursing license. We are committed to protecting you and your future. To discuss your case, call the LLF National Law Firm offices at 888-535-3686 or submit a confidential online inquiry form.