A Florida woman, Autumn Bardisa , 29, was arrested on Tuesday (August 5) after allegedly posing as a nurse and treating over 4,000 patients without a valid license. According to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office, Bardisa worked at a local hospital from July 2023 until her termination on January 22, 2025.
Bardisa was initially hired as an advanced nurse technician, claiming to be an "education first" registered nurse, meaning she had completed the necessary schooling but had not passed the national exam to obtain her license. She later falsely claimed to have passed her exams and provided a license number that matched another individual with the same first name but a different last name. Bardisa explained this discrepancy by saying she had recently married and changed her last name