The goal of Practitioner Prodigy is to provide education on a wide variety of topics that will help future nurse practitioners, active nurse practitioners, and any other clinician become better healthcare providers. We also hope to provide easy-to-understand information for anyone seeking to learn more about their health.

Joshua Jackson, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC

I currently work in the state of Florida as an advanced practice registered nurse.  I am board certified as an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner.  My specific area of interest and employment is within critical care, pulmonology, and sleep medicine.

More about my background:

I graduated from the University of Florida in December 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sports Sciences.  I decided to go back to school at the University of North Florida where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in April 2011.  I worked as a registered nurse in a medical surgical intensive care unit from June 2011 to April 2016.  I also worked in a trauma surgical intensive care unit from January 2013 to November 2015.  After almost three years of bedside nursing, I began the Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program at the University of South Alabama.  I graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing in December 2015 and was offered a job immediately.  I began my career as an advanced practice registered nurse in May 2016 and remain with the same practice today. 

Benjamin Debski, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

I was born and raised in Florida where I currently practice as an APRN.  I began my journey at the University of Florida where I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology in 2009.  From there, I decided to enter the field of medicine. I went back to school at the University of Central Florida where I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2013.  My first nursing job was in a medical surgical intensive care unit where I worked for several years. Eventually, I continued my education through the University of South Alabama where I received a Master of Science in Nursing degree in December 2016. I became board certified from the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner in January 2017.

More about my background:

I am a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Epsilon Iota and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.  My professional areas of interest and experience include family medicine, internal medicine, otolaryngology, and infection control.  I have also participated as an author and have published works in the Journal of Nursing Management.  Outside work life, I enjoy fishing, exercise, and pursuing my interest in nutrition and functional medicine.