NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – After a grand jury indicted a woman accused of pretending to be a nurse and putting a patient's life in danger, the New Mexico Board of Nursing spoke with KRQE News 13 about how they make sure people are who they claim to be.

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The board said they've seen a few similar cases this year in smaller clinics. They said that often, what might happen is that criminals search nurse databases for real nurses with similar names, then steal their identities to create fake licenses. “It is sad when somebody would violate the public's trust in

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