Florida Sheriff Explains How Nurse Imposter Treated 4,000 Patients

Nurse Imposter's Deception

• 🎯 Autumn Bardisa, a 29-year-old, allegedly worked as a nurse for nearly two years, caring for over 4,000 patients.
• 💡 She used someone else's nursing license to maintain her employment and practice.
• ⚠️ Bardisa had graduated with a nursing degree but failed her licensing exam.

How the Imposter Was Hired

• 🏥 Bardisa was hired by Advent Health as an advanced nurse under supervision, with the requirement to pass the state licensing exam.
• 🤥 When questioned by HR, she falsely claimed to have passed the exam and provided a license number belonging to another nurse with the same first name.
• 🔑 The hospital considered her a registered nurse, unaware she was using the identity of a legitimately licensed nurse who also worked for Advent Health.

Discovery and Arrest

• 📈 Bardisa was up for a promotion to charge nurse, which triggered a deeper review of her file.
• ❌ The hospital discovered she never provided proof of marriage (her excuse for the name difference) and that her own LPN license had expired.
• 🚨 After being fired by the hospital, she was later arrested by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office while working for a home healthcare agency as an RN.

Sheriff's Investigation

• 🔍 Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley described the case as one of the worst medical frauds he has investigated.
• ⏳ Ironically, about six weeks after being fired, Bardisa did pass the registered nurse exam and became officially licensed.