Overview

• Autumn Bardisa was taken into custody in Palm Coast on August 6 after credential inconsistencies triggered a sheriff’s warrant.
• She faces seven counts of practicing healthcare without a license and seven counts of identity fraud and is held on $70,000 bail awaiting a September 2 court appearance.
• Bardisa worked at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway under supervision from July 2023 until hospital administrators discovered her lack of a valid nursing license in January 2025.
• Detectives from the Florida Department of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reviewed her falsified documents and interviewed the nurse whose identity she stole.
• The arrest has spurred AdventHealth and regulators to reevaluate hiring safeguards and launch outreach to thousands of potentially affected patients.