I have been in the process of enrolling in the Phoenix Online RN to BSN program. During discussions with my advisor, she asked if I had any work history pertaining to the medical field, and I answered no. I am a new grad. She told me she wasn't sure if Phoenix still required that applicants have one year experience, and she would let me know. She called me yesterday to walk me through the admissions process, and when we got to work history, she told me that we needed to "be creative" and "pad" the form. She encouraged me to use my experience taking care of my daughter with severe cerebral palsy, and call it "home health care assistant", and to say that my supervisor was my pediatrician. This seems a little shady to me, but I thought, well, I'm not really lying, just "being creative". Until today...when I opened an email from her, and she sent me papers that need to be filled out by my employers. I need a recommendation from this pediatrician, who was supposedly a supervisor at one time, and my advisor told me I could have my mom fill it out...I'm not sure why we are bringing my mom into this now. I sent this advisor an email letting her know that I am ending my admissions process with Phoenix Online University, because I feel that we have went from creativity (I am still questioning that!) to LYING! At one point, when I told her that I was uncomfortable "padding" my application into the program she answered, "Well, aren't you honest? I think you are making this harder than it has to be." And that is EXACTLY what she said to me. This whole process has left a very bad taste in my mouth, and I feel like an idiot for not hanging up on her when she started suggesting that I lie to get into the program.
