EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Texas Board of Nursing has issued a warning about an "impostor" who has allegedly posed as a nurse in El Paso and Las Cruces.

The board said that Margarita Gonzalez has attempted to secure employment and practice medicine in several locations in El Paso by using the license number and names belonging to nurses with similar names.

She attempted to secure jobs and practice as a registered nurse at Mountain View Nursing and Rehabilitation in El Paso and AVIR at Patriot in El Paso, the nursing board said.

Gonzalez could face prosecution. She also goes by Margaritta Gonzales, Margarita Gonzales and Margarita Gonzalez, according to the nursing board.

The impostor nurse did not provide direct patient care to patients but accepted the positions at two different fac

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