Hurst Review Services - NCLEX® Review Course

I just found out that I passed my NCLEX exam and I couldn't be happier! I am so glad I took the Hurst Review. It really helped me put everything together and made me think about what the NCLEX people wanted to see from me. Most of my class took Kaplan and have not been pleased with the instructor or the studying materials. I am more than satisfied with the Hurst Review and I just wanted you to know that as I start my new job I will hear your voice in my head say, "Hey new nurse, what are you gonna do?" I only got 75 questions on my exam and was in tears because it was just so hard! Everything you said helped prepare me for feeling that way and I am so grateful I knew what to expect, it gives a small amount of peace in a terrifying moment of stress! Your instructors are awesome, I even took the live review twice (I had to drive two hours daily for one review)! Thank you for providing me the chance to take your class and keep up the great work, being a new grad nurse is hard and you make it better!

Sincerely,

AnneMarie Campos, R.N.

My name is Misty Childress, I took the HURST review with you in Austin this past fall. I just wanted to say THANKS for teaching me what I needed to know to pass the NCLEX!!! After coming to the review, studying the material, and watching the videos I sat for my boards this Tuesday (January 12, 2009) and I PASSED !!!! Not only did I pass, I passed with 75 questions!!!! HURST really does work!!!! I would highly recommend it to EVERY student nurse!!!! You guys really do KNOW your stuff!!!! I also want you to know that 4 of my classmates who also attended the review with me passed their NCLEX too and did so with 75 questions as well!!!! Please keep up the GREAT work!!!!

Thanks Again~~
Misty Childress, RN

I just wanted to send a sincere thank you for allowing us access to the online materials for this week. The roads near my home were simply too dangerous to make the trek to my last day of my Hurst Review last week. I was extremely bummed to have to miss it because I thoroughly enjoyed the course and found it to be SO very helpful. Thanks again, what excellent customer service.

Allison Hoffman

We have never met, but I enrolled in your online review several months ago. I am writing to say Thank You!!! My name is Samantha and I took your review after failing the NCLEX RN 3 times! The first 2 times, I had the full 265 questions. Third time, I had 187. This past time, I PASSED with 76 questions! I I owe it, in huge part, to the Hurst review. A friend from work recommended it to me and I am so glad she did! The videos were helpful, informative, and interesting to listen to. You guys do a great job of going over core content, and most everything you guys covered in the review...I had on the exam. I can't thank you enough!!

Sincerely,
Samantha

I graduated in 1991 from an international nursing school. I took the board the first time after taking one of those (Other NCLEX reviews) and I failed. I heard about Hurst review, attended a live review, studied the material really good and got the supplemental review online. I took the NCLEX again and passed with 75 questions. Thanks to you, I did not only pass but I also learned how to think in a totally different way. You are a great nurse and teacher; I recommend Hurst review to anyone and everyone interested in taking the NCLEX. Sincerely,

Fatin Mangold.

My name is Jennifer and I took your online review. I am very happy to say I passed!!!! This is my fourth try and I wish I would have known about your review the first time I took the test. I would have benefited on ALL levels. I used your study guide and all of your test taking strategies. I was extremely nervous but tried to stay positive throughout the whole test. I got ALL 265 questions and was there for a whopping 5 hours and 50 minutes!!

I can't say thank you enough!! All of the hard work was worth it!!

Thanks again,Jen

I enrolled in your on-line NCLEX review, and I just want to say THANK YOU. It was excellent. It really taught me the "why" of everything, and I know that knowing the "why", and not just memorizing the material is what helped me pass the NCLEX with just 75 questions.

I enjoyed the on-line program as I was able to do it at my leisure. I listened to each category several times. You and your staff made it enjoyable and easy to understand. I cannot thank you enough.

Sincerely, Beth M., RN

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! I took the NCLEX-RN this past week and passed with 75 questions! The lectures were so informative, interesting and helpful in really understanding the information needed to pass boards. Hurst Review helped me to think in a different way to understand the core content. I loved the funny commentary in the lectures and the down to earth style in which they were taught. I used the online program and felt prepared to take the test--although I didn't feel good when I was taking it, just like you said I would!

Thank you again! Katie W.

I passed the NCLEX and I feel I owe alot of it to you. I was in a two year nursing program. Before the beginning of my third semester I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had surgery, chemo, and radiation. Needless to say, I was not able to do my third semester. I was able to go back and finish my last year. It was difficult, especially since there is such a thing as "chemo brain". My recall was not as good as it had been before. After graduation I started doing all kinds of NCLEX questions. Something did not seem right. I bought your book and I remember reading that some people need help with content. I realized that was me. I subsequently ordered your online content review. It was wonderful. It was so amazingly helpful. I was still having problems with recall, maybe I always will. But I tried to follow your advise about understanding the content and not just memorizing it. I just took my NCLEX last Wed. and it stopped at 90 questions. I thought for sure I would go to 260. I just wanted to say thank-you so much for doing what you do. You are truly an inspiration. Take care. Sue DeMers, Rochester, NY.
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I have a unique story to tell you and owe all my success to you. I had you at one of the Wisconsin Nurses Conventions at the Kalahari Resort and Convention for a pharmacology review, it was so amazing you were funny, you made the learning experience fun...you are great in so many ways!!! I didn't end up taking my boards till about a year and a half later which brings me to now. I prepared with the Kaplan and didn't think it was adequate with just answering questions. I remembered your unique presentation and bought your online review!! I passed the NCLEX-RN with 75 questions I owe all my success towards you and when I was answering questions, I thought about what you would say...What would Marlene say or the "NCLEX-Lady"? I wish YOU all the best in your future, and thanks for giving me a future as a nurse!!!!!

Just wanted to take time out to say "Thank You", and your program is amazing. You deserve a million gold stars.

Respectfully, A. Krueger

I don't know if you remember me, but I called you at 9pm one night, frantic because I had just taken a horrible NCLEX review course and was panicking, knowing that it wasn't going to help me pass boards and you let me preview the hurst course to see if it was something I would be interested in.

I wanted to tell you that I got my results back today and I passed the NCLEX
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I wanted to thank you for your kindness towards me. My husband is currently deployed to Iraq serving in the Army so as you can imagine, this year has been a nightmare for me! Your kindness really meant a lot to me and I will always be grateful for stumbling across your phone number on the hurst website and having the chance to talk with you. I have no doubts that the Hurst course is what got me to pass boards (in 75 questions!!).

Thank you again, Monica Hale

Well I would first like to say THANK YOU!! I took Nclex and didn't pass and I was so upset, because I had a baby in December and was really needing to get my career started. I knew nothing of the hurst review until the day before I took the test. Which did me no good! So as soon as I saw that I had failed I purchased the online hurst review course. Love, love, loved it!! I could watch the videos at my on time, which is what I needed, especially with a baby. I am from Tennessee and found it awesome to listen to you lecture, must be that southern accent. But, I retook the Nclex April 5th and got the least amount of questions, the 75, and I passed! And i would like to thank you! If I could tell everyone how great this program was, i would. My school had it's on Nclex "review" which wasn't that good at all, and they actually discourage students not to take any other review courses, I guess they would rather you purchase theirs. I have since then told the students in the class now about the hurst review, and how much it helped me. It has the best breakdown of nursing material, and gives it to you in the easiest way to remember. Thanks again, and if there is anything I can do to spread the word about how good the Hurst review is, just let me know. Laura Grant

The HURST Review was a great content review, it combined 1 1/2 years of content into 4 days. The information was presented in style that was not only understandable and relevant, but entertaining and fun. It really helped me put together all the information I have learned into understandable, concise and recallable information. Plus the rationales for NCLEX questions was helpful. Anna Vernon

Hello Hurst Review people

I wanted to tell you I passed my boards in 75 questions ! Thank you so much the live review was just the ticket. I became the 1st learning disabled person in my school to pass the boards on the first try. I just wanted you to know how wonderful your review is and how much it helped me with reading comprehension, remembering the information and strategy on answering those difficult questions.
Thanks again
D. Doane

I failed my boards twice. The first time, I was devastated, the second, almost numb and disgusted. I had reached the point where I felt like I could never pass, and that maybe nursing was not the right career for me. It was a difficult thing to accept. That I had been so successful and worked so hard in every other aspect of my education and life, and now the one thing standing between my dream career and myself was this pesky exam!! I spoke to a friend of mine who had just passed her boards the third time...and she pointed me to you. I bought your patho and RN book that same day and started reading. A month later, I signed up for your online course, and emersed myself in your lectures. I had never heard anyone approach things like you did, and you kept my interest, and I felt like I learned more from your class than my two years in nursing school!!
Anyway, I took the exam last Thursday. I haven't received my board of nursing license number yet, but being the eager beaver that I am, our state offers quick results. So I paid the extra eight dollars...

And I PASSED!!!! I owe it all to Hurst!!! I could hear your voice in my ear the whole time, and I thank God every day for sending me an angel like you! You are truly giving the world a gift with your review and I thank you soooo much! I can start my orientation soon now, because of you!!!

Michelle Hudson (NCLEX survivor!)


Michelle Hudson
Graduate Nurse, PICU

I passed, I passed, I passed! I am so thankful to Hurst Review! We had the choice of going to Kaplan or Hurst and picked Hurst from the sample lecture, the statistics and the content presentation.
The HUMOR made it incredible fun, easy to understand and finally see the picture in a way were I could sit back and say, "Hey, I know that stuff, but now I understand it!" The way you and your educators present this material will stay with me FOREVER.
I will never look at a 14 year old boy again with severe testicular pain with out hearing Dan's voice "don't you come in there with two extra strength Tylenol, don't you do it" Autumn, Patrick and your review for the test was a great way to finalize my thinking strategies. I watched those over and over until I was "talkin' Mississippi" and I'm from Minnesota! During my boards, I took that dry erase board and wrote down everything I remember "you" telling me how to do it. "Pick the killer answer" "patient focused" "seek out your mental patient, involve them in an activity" and finally "Don't let the devil win!!"
Thank you Marlene. I am also happy to report that I have been accepted into the BSN program here at the University and who knows, maybe one day I can teach for HURST, I would love it!
Thanks again to you all and to Stephanie, my live instructor.

Sincerely,
Tiffany M. AD RN
from Minnesota

Hurst Review was very accommodating to our student needs. The review class was great! The information was easily broken down so that we were able to understand it better than how we learned it at nursing school. Also, the instructor was very enthusiastic, motivational, and fun. There was never a dull moment. I would recommend this review for all student nurses.

-Debbie

I'm a 2009 BSN graduate from Kentucky Christian University and I wanted to let you know that after taking your online review I was able to take NCLEX-RN and pass with 75 questions!!!

You have a gift for educating nurses-to-be. For that I am so greatful.
Your review gave me the confidence to tackle NCLEX-RN head on!! Thank you!

It was hard for me to watch friends suffer through failing their first attempt at NCLEX-RN. I have and will recommend Hurst Review over any other review out there for years to come!

Please share this testimony on your website. I'm 100% committed to leading nurses-to-be to your program.

Thanks,
Chris

I just wanted to say THANKS a million!!!! I purchased your online review to study for both HESI exit exam and NCLEX. I passed the exit exam with a 945 and passed NCLEX with 75 questions the first try!!! I listened to your review and broke down the lectures into four days and then studied the information for another seven days. During the seven days of review, I read a section then lectured to my husband or mom and if I couldn't remember I would look up the facts as I lectured. This truly helped me to retain the information! As I took both exams I could literally hear your voice walking me through! I have told everyone about you and the wonderful job you do. Thank you so much for everything you are a true blessing to students everywhere and I thank God that I found your review. Keep up the excellent job!!!!
Thanks again!!!!
Amy Rosalez RN
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I was emailing you to let you know that i passed my nclex test. I was in your virginia class and my name is Amanda Hicks. I just want to thank you - I just found out today that I passed. Thank you and hurst review so much for everything you taught me, I had taken the nclex twice before this time, and I finally passed thanks so much...

Amanda Hicks, NC

My name is Jacqueline brooks and i attended the review in nashville, tn at Belmont university. unlike the majority of the people there this was going to be my second attempt at the boards. I heard from a friend that she would be attending the review and she thought it would be good for me to. so after LOTS of thought i decided to take the review and it was the best decision i could have made. On my first attempt i failed with 265 and today i found out i am officially an R.N. i passed with 75 questions! I can't believe it! The review was great i would recommend it to any new graduate, things just clicked for me i feel like i learned more in those four days than i did in the last 2 years everything just started to make sense to me and i am so grateful for this review, it was engaging, entertaining, and most of all very informative. Thank you so much for taking the time you take to help the thousands of new graduates just like me!

Jacqueline Brooks

Hurst is an awesome company!!!! I took the class the first week of Jan at EKU in Richmond, KY & took my boards the next Tuesday. I got 76 questions & passed. Hurst was very helpful & I constantly found myself reading a question & asking myself, "What did Debbie or Marlene say about this?" The biggest help were the little sayings like, "potassium question think heart problem" and "magnesium & calcium act like sedatives" Thank you so much for offering this wonderful review & I am recommending your company to all my friends that will be taking boards! Thanks again & I am ready to start working as an RN.

Tracy Marlin

I would just like to commend you for your effort in teaching nurses on how to pass the NCLEX exam. You really have a gift and I thank God that I was given an opportunity to be blessed through you.

I am a foreign graduate nurse who took the NCLEX-RN exam twice. I finished the whole 265 items for almost 6 long hours in both exams and failed.

Did you know that I only took your online review course for almost 3 weeks ONLY before taking the NCLEX-RN exam again? I started by downloading the audio part of the review course and printing out all the lecture materials. Even while I went to sleep at night, I kept the audio lecture playing on and on as I slept. Funny thing was, while I was answering the questions during the exam, I kept hearing your voice over and over again.

When I came to the testing center, I was confident because I knew in my heart, I was going to make it this time. I already knew the "WHY part" as what you would always say. I stopped at 75 questions, and right there and then, I knew I passed.

I took the exam here in Mobile, Alabama and just got the results in the mail. Am proud to say that I am now a licensed Registered Nurse.

I will be definitely recommending your review courses to my nursing friends who are scheduled to take the NCLEX exam soon.

To those reading these testimonials, whether first-time takers or not, "Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough."

I just want to thank everyone at the Hurst Review because I passed the NCLEX in 75 questions!! I had taken the NCLEX twice before and decided that I would try the Hurst Review before I took it the third time. I had heard a lot of great things about the Hurst Review from my fellow peers. After trying another NCLEX review course, I started to doubt myself because I graduated from nursing school with honors. But after taking the Hurst Review it seemed like all the nursing content became so clear. I did all the questions that the Hurst had to offer, I even drove to their computer lab in Mississippi from Louisiana. I just don't know what else to say right now, I am just speechless from getting that license. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you!!

C.B.

I wanted to reach out to you and thank you so very much for your helpful review that helped me pass my NCLEX exam. I signed up for your online review course 10 days before I took my NCLEX and passed! It was my second try on NCLEX, with the first time not having any of your reviews. Your video lectures, notes, strategies, and key points really helped me apply my knowledge to each and every NCLEX question. Your review questions and scenarios were very similar to those on the actual exam, plus nearly every subject you covered in your online review was on the test. Subjects that I had viewed before as being difficult were made very simple and easy to understand by your way of teaching. Also, your reasoning behind priority questions really came in handy! My university gave us another NCLEX review course before graduating, however it was not helpful at all. I have since then written to my university and recommended future graduates to enroll in your course to help them pass their test the first time. I certainly wish that I would have discovered this review before I took my first test; however, late is better than never! I truly feel that everything I learned in nursing school was condensed and simplified in your review and made it a breeze. Thanks so much once more for everything. And yes. . .I do look good in scrubs now!

Stephanie, BSN, RN
Wyoming

I wanted to write a short note to tell you I passed my boards! I took your review with Ms. Antoon in Tulsa, OK. I just wanted to tell you how amazing your review was and how much it helped me pass my test. There were a lot of questions that maybe I didn't know exactly what they were talking about, but I just remembered all the techniques that I was taught in your review. I took 88 questions and there is no doubt in my mind that your review made it possible for me to tell the "NCLEX lady" that I could be a safe nurse! I tell everyone I see that is in nursing school how great your review was and how important it is for them to take it! Once again I just want to thank you for putting this review together in a way that it really can be used! The school I attended made us participate in another NCLEX review before I attended yours and all we did was answer questions which was a waste of our time! I still find myself asking which one of these things will kill my patient the quickest! I am currently working in an ER and I love it and I truly believe without your review and preparation I wouldn't be where I am today!

Thanks again!
Brenda S.

I would like to take the time to thank you and your staff for being used as God's instrument in helping me become a registered Army nurse in the United States Army and being commissioned as a 2Lt. I took the NCLEX twice, back in March with 170 questions and in May with 200 questions and running out of time. I had taken a review course prior to Hurst that focused mainly on the test taking strategies. After failing the second time I prayed and surfed the net and found Hurst Review. I attended your live review in Chesapeake, Virginia and I was so impressed that I signed up for the online review and knew that this was what I needed. I took the live review again in Augusta, Georgia a week before my July 7 exam. Thanks to Hurst Review I passed with 75 questions in one hour and 20 minutes. I am recommending this course to all my friends. Marlene, you are truly a blessing and I want to thank you for walking in your purpose.
Estacy P.

I attended your live review class in May at Moorhead, MS (Tara Lay was awesome!). I took only 75 questions on my NCLEX exam on 6/20, and I now have a license posted on my board of nursing's website. Thank you so much for everything. Your review class was dynamic. My test was EXACTLY like you described. (I could even hear your voice as I was taking the questions.) The tips and strategies that you taught are priceless. Words cannnot express my gratitude!! Thank you so much!!!
Bernice B.

Well here's another success story. I took your class with Scott on January 7-10 in Poplar Bluff, MO. I then took boards on Jan 18. I PASSED - this was my third time taking it, and after spending money on other review classes, books with review questions, I had heard about Hurst review. I figured might as well take your class, and I am so glad I did. I don't think there was ANYTHING on boards that we didn't talk about in class. Scott was excellent, as well as your videos. The class was fun, upbeat, and went over the basics of everything that was needed to know. We reviewed information in your class that I didn't remember from school, if we even discussed it, though I'm sure we did. I can't express how greatful I am, and how thankful I am that I took your class and passed. I honestly believe I wouldn't have been able to have passed it without your class. I WILL recommend this class to EVERYONE I know. If there is anything ya'll need from me, anything at all, from another instructor to someone for marketing, please feel free to call upon me. I believe that I owe you guys my life. I am so excited about how much this helped me that I would love to be a part of that, and help other people like me, who think it is hopeless and will never pass. I want them to know there IS hope, and this class is THE answer. Please post this on your testimonials. Sincerely, Amanda U.

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the review, learned from it, applied it, and PASSED the 1st time. I think it helped me by attending the first review while I was still in school. I was better able to understand the high acuity portion of my last semester. Then when I took it again (for free, thank you!), I was able to listen to the live instructor and the videos and process it all better. I think you do a fantastic job of preparing us, and I am encouraging all nursing students that I meet to take the review as early in their school career as they can. It can only help them in their studies during school, and I believe they will have no doubts then when it is time to take their NCLEX! I am now going to be stationed at Eglin AFB, FL as a 2nd Lieutenant Nurse for the U. S. Air Force. Thank you again for your review! God bless you in your continued endeavors to help us all succeed!

Karen R.

I would like to say "Thank You" to Marcia and Carole for their tremendous encouragement and motivation for the repeat NCLEX test takers. They called frequently to check up on me and assisted me with my tutoring sessions. I studied the way they said and passed the second time with 75 questions. If I can give advice to anyone---Try to postpone planning weddings or major events until after boards and study hard the first time. When you fail, you feel stupid, alone, and incompetent. Just remember, anyone who can pass nursing school can pass boards, but you must first believe that you can achieve it! Mrs. C. Rhodes

Hurst Review Staff,

I wanted to say thank you for all your help on passing boards. I took the Hurst Review live and thought it was great. However, I think that I was trying to memorize everything and needless to say, I did not pass the first time. I called your office and received the packet of remedial information. I did exactly what you said to do , and this time I truly learned the information. I did not take the test until I could talk about everything and this time I passed! I kept hearing your voice in my head with every question. I had all 265 questions, but I kept thinking I still had a chance. Anyway, I am glad to get that over with, and I could not have done it without HURST REVIEW.

Thanks,
Debbie D.

I was lost in the world of NCLEX darkness 'till I saw a shining light, the Hurst NCLEX Review, and followed it to get out of the darkness that I was in. Before the Hurst Review, I was totally confused and worried about the NCLEX review because it stood in the way of my nursng career. I had no idea on how to prepare for it and was actually planning to just re-read my entire medical surgical textbook to prepare for it!!! The lectures were fun and the material was to the point. I followed all of the advice and passed the NCLEX on just 75 questions. The Hurst Review told us not to be over-confident about the test, but after following the recommendations provided and studying like I was told to, I actually thought the NCLEX was pretty easy. Thank you Hurst Review for your wonderful program. I will be recommending this program to everyone that I know. The cost is a bargain compared to what is at stake, a NURSING CAREER.

Thanks,
Sam Obgartel, RN

I recently took your review course in New Orleans and am pleased to tell you that I passed my state board exam! My exam was 75 questions and I was able to complete it in 84 minutes. This is from someone who took the exam six months ago and was UNABLE to complete it in the time limit.

This means so much to my wife and I that I have to tell you a little of the story behind this accomplishment. I am 37 years old and decided to become a nurse during my last semester of management school. I finished my degree in management and went to CPN school because there was a two-year wait for Charity School of Nursing. I worked as a school teacher and a nursing assistant while in CPN school. When clinicals came around, I had to quit teaching and sell my beloved '68 Mustang Convertible. Big sacrifice! Anyway, I finished and decided to do the Regents/Excelsior program while working as a CPN. The last five years have been mostly work and study but it has been worth the effort. Today my supervisor offered me a charge nurse position, which DOUBLED my hourly rate! Thank you so much, Marlene, for the course and the steps I needed to pass the boards.

Marlene, I'd like to give some advice to your students in future courses. LISTEN. JUST LISTEN! This lady knows what she is doing and does it well. Follow each step as she instructs, practice what she teaches, use her study materials, and you will be successful. Thanks again, Marlene.

Sincerely,
Ronnie B.

Thanks to you, I passed! My test cut off at 75 questions, but I still came out of the testing center with no feeling of having passed or failed - I was sort of numb. The only indication I had was that I remember having many more hard questions than easy ones, which you said was a good thing. I studied the way you told us to, and it worked.

Your review was quite enjoyable. Your use of humor really helped. You presented the information in a way that really helped me to sort it all out. There were things you taught that I had never heard the entire time in school (for example, I never knew calcium and magnesium act as sedatives). But anyway, school is a thing of the past (finally), and I am enjoying a rewarding career as an oncology. It simply feels like I am finally able to do what God put me on this Earth for, and you played an important part in that.

Thank you so much again for doing what you do. May God bless you so that you may continue to empower others to achieve their goals and make a difference in the lives of their patients.

Sincerely,
Clay E.

You are truly awesome! God has allowed you to meet your destiny by blessing you with the spiritual gift of test taking. I have attempted to take the NCLEX® examination exam six times. It was not until I took your course that I fully understood the information I was reviewing and how to apply it to answering NCLEX® examination-style test questions. I had just about given up on nursing before this, but I decided to listen to God and take the NCLEX® examination one more time so that I could walk into my destiny. Praise God, I did! I answered 265 questions without FEAR! Thank you God! Thank you Marlene, you are an angel. You shall always be blessed!

P.S. - I wrote you this thank you card before I received my results; in fact I was in San Diego on business. When I got home late Friday night, there was my little white license!

I PASSED!!!!! Thank you for helping and giving me the knowledge to pass boards. Your class really helped me. I had taken boards twice prior to taking your class, and after taking your class I took boards a third time and passed without any trouble. Of course I was nervous, but your advice really helped. I had 205 questions and felt good about them.

Thank you,
Shalondia W.

I would like to let Aunt Marlene know that I have finally passed my boards... This was my fourth time to take them... I think what helped me a lot was you allowing me to use your Internet access and all the paperwork that you sent me in the mail... I re-listened to all the lectures and I know that it really made a difference... And I knew my packet really good... Thank you so much for allowing me to use your services until I passed... Thank you again...

Amie S.

Well I just wanted to let you and your staff know that I DID PASS... I want to thank you for your time, energy, and your love for nursing students to pass state boards. You are great. Keep up the wonderful work.

Thanks again,
Patricia L.

I just wanted to thank you for helping me to study for the NCLEX® examination. I found out to today that I passed!!! Thank you for support, words of encouragement, and your expertise. This has been a long hard, heart breaking struggle, but by the grace of GOD I have passed. I have two friends in nursing school at this time, and I will be passing the word about your review course. Thank you so so so much.

Sincerely,
Trechell, Harvey, LA

I attended your review in Mobile, AL a few months ago. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the review and how much it helped. I was so scared of taking the NCLEX® examination. The closer the test date got here, the more nervous I got. Just so happens the week before my test I came down with bronchitis. The morning I woke for my test I had a 102 temp. I just knew I was going to fail it. I went in, took 75 questions in 45 minutes, and it was over. The next day my nervousness got worse. I realized I kept taking the same kind of questions over and over again, which made me think that I must have been missing them if I kept getting the same kind. They were questions about priority, which part would you see first, or home health with the same choices. I don't think I have ever been so relieved to call and hear the words, "Your License is good until 2004". Within the next few days my certificate came in the mail.

I fully support your review and will keep recommending it to nursing students. Thanks for you help.

Susan
Mobile, AL

I just wanted to say Thank You so much for helping me pass the NCLEX® examination. Listening to you during the review class in May and reviewing your lectures online these past several months helped me pass the hardest test I have ever taken in my life. And I had to take it twice. I don't think I would have been able to accomplish my goal of passing without your help and the help of your staff. Thank you so much again for everything you do.

Sharyl D.

This email is coming to you a little late but I just wanted to let you know that I have passed the NCLEX® examination. I originally graduated December 2002 and took your review course in December in Baton Rouge, LA. When I took the NCLEX® examination for the first time, I never really reviewed your course material, although I thought it was great, because others had told me that the NCLEX® examination was not that hard. Well, I failed and the hospital I worked for paid for me to take another company's review course. I went to it and it was horrible and not helpful at all. I felt the staff was simply reading to me from a book; it was boring and it was nothing I couldn't have done on my own. That is when I contacted you and took the remedial course online and really reviewed the material thoroughly. For the first time I felt like I really learned and understood so many things that never even clicked in nursing school. When I took the NCLEX® examination the second time I passed it in 75 questions. I am so thankful to your course and all the help and encouragement I received from you.

Thank you,
Amanda
Grand Prairie, TX

I am writing to inform you that I passed the NCLEX® examination. After I attempted the first time and did not pass, I got discouraged a little. This time I received 265 questions and finished in four hours. I actually felt pretty good after I came out of the testing center. I felt that the material you gave me helped me a lot, and I felt confident about passing boards.

Thanks to my God above, and your ability to teach, I passed my boards the second time. I want to thank you for allowing me to review, allowing me to use your online review, and for giving me the study materials.

I wish you all the luck in the world, and please continue to shine your light on other nursing students by teaching them the real way to pass state boards.

N. Trotter

I wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that I PASSED!!! I reviewed the material as you had suggested with several friends who also attended the review and we "talked" the core content just as you had in lecture. I felt like your review saved me a lot of unnecessary time and energy wasted on trying to review all of my nursing notes I had taken in school. I believe that I would have tried to do that, had it not been for your review. I had 76 questions, many of them being leadership and management questions concerning room assignments and who I would choose to assess first. I remembered that being in that level of questions was a good sign that I probably did fine, although just like everyone else I too felt it could have gone either way and wasn't quite sure I had passed.

I called one week later and heard my last name with my license number and breathed a big sigh of relief. I have since recommended your review to all of the people I know graduating in May - I believe it was an important part of my road to success in becoming a real RN.

Thank you so much for all you do and the way you do it - it truly does make a difference.

KC S.

I attended your review at Southeastern in Baton Rouge last month. I wanted to let you know I passed the NCLEX® examination thanks to you! Your review was so awesome. You really did give me a great foundation to study from, and for that matter, to use in practicing nursing during my career! It seemed every question on my test was about which patient you would go see first or it was about patient education - what you would teach the patient. Your content was right on - no more, no less. You really have a gift and I thank you for sharing it with me!

Sadie Q.

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say hello and pass on the fantastic news that I passed my boards on the first try (and in 75 questions!). I attended your five-day review at Mobile Infirmary in Mobile at the end of December. I enjoyed everything about the class, and I attribute much of my success on boards to your class. I would have been one of those people who thought, "I did well in school; I think I'll just wing it." I am so glad you made me recognize my weaknesses! Thanks again. I have told every undergraduate I know to seek out one of your classes. It was worth every bit of time and money I spent on it!

Kelly B.

I attended your review in Mobile, AL a few months ago. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the review and how much it helped. I was scared of taking the NCLEX® examination. The closer the test date got here, the more nervous I got. Just so happens the week before my test I came down with bronchitis. The morning I woke for my test I had a 102 temp. I just knew I was going to fail it. I went in, took 75 questions in 45 minutes, and it was over. The next day my nervousness got worse. I realized I kept taking the same kind of questions over and over again, which made me think I must have been missing them if I kept getting the same kind. I don't think I have ever been so relieved to call and hear the words, "Your license is good until 2004." Within the next few days, my certificate came in the mail. I fully support your review and will keep recommending it to nursing students. Thanks for your help.

Susan T.

I got my results in the mail and I passed. It took less than 2 weeks for my license to even come in the mail. I tested on Jan. 23, and received it on Feb. 4. Thank you so much for all of your support and encouragement. I would advise anyone to take your course. Whenever you have a good clinical instructor in school, sometimes you want to cry when you know you have to move on. In this case, I wanted to cry after one week of having you and having to move on because you were so wonderful. Thank you so much and God bless you.

Erica M.

Marlene,

I am writing you to say thanks for such a great class in Kenner this year in January! I studied just as you said and used the great test-taking strategies that you taught. It was just as you said it would be. I only had 75 questions and was successful in passing my NCLEX® examination on the first try! I have already started telling a lot of my friends who will be graduating this spring from LSU about your class, and I have highly recommended it to everyone. Maybe we can get you here in Alexandria one day. Anyway, thanks again for the wonderful class and many laughs that you gave all of us who attended from Alexandria. If I had to give anyone advice about taking the NCLEX® examination, I would tell them to attend the class, study as you say, and you will pass! Thanks again and keep up the great job!

John B.

I took your review class in December at Mobile Infirmary. I want to let you know that I have passed the NCLEX® examination-RN. I only took 75 questions and passed the first time! Thank you!

Candace F.

I attended your class in New Orleans. I wanted to let you know that I took my boards and passed them. I also wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your review. Keep up the excellent work that you do! I have told so many people how much I enjoyed your review. It was definitely a "put it all together concept course." Anyway, thank you again for such a wonderful review.

Kara K.

Hi, Marlene. I am happy to tell you that I passed my boards the first time with 75 questions. I took your review in Jackson, MS the week of Jan. 20-24. Thank you for all of your support and quizzing me after class to make sure that I was studying the correct way.

Adrienne S.

I think I forgot what it feels like to live a "tension free" life. It feels like one million pounds have been lifted off my shoulders. You are the one I need to be thanking. Thanks for all of your help!

Melissa S.

I just had to tell you that I passed boards on the 14th of March and I really believe that attending your review was the reason. With the concept you use in reviewing the material that is crammed into us in four semesters, some of it's hard to remember. I, like everyone else, believe I went to the most difficult school and did well with my grades, but I truly believe that without taking your review I wouldn't have passed the boards (at least the first time). I recommend everyone attend your review before the boards. Also I attended the lab you offer in your office, and it gave me a chance to test in a controlled environment rather than just at home. It gave me a sense of what to be prepared for when I arrive at the test center. Thanks for having that available. Thanks again for everything!

Toni M.

Marlene,

Yes! The computer cut off at about the 75th or 76th question. Thanks for your help. The review was very helpful. I was very worried because I did not have a traditional nursing teacher. I think I would have been more confident if I would have been able to take boards a week or two after your review. Your review made a difference. Thanks again. Keep teaching. You have a great personality. Too bad all nursing instructors aren't a replica of you.

Althea L.

I have been taking your online review. I took state boards once again and I passed it. This had been my third time taking boards for LVN! I was so confident about taking this test that I didn't even pay too much attention to how many questions I was taking. I just know it had to have been 85, because I remember seeing 69 the only time I looked and shortly after that it went off. I loved your online review, it is just so helpful. I didn't have your review for a very long time before taking boards again. I printed off the notes and copied them at least three times. I went through the review a total of three times, taking notes each time as you lectured. Thank you for everything - your review really helped! I would recommend anyone who is going through the ordeal of taking the NCLEX® examination to go through your review. If anyone is not able to attend the live review, your online review is the way to go. I can't really express the way I feel right now, I just want you to know that becoming a nurse is what I was determined to become, and thanks to you I am! I remember when taking boards the first time and when I found out I failed, it tore me up. I wanted to give up, but I went again, and I did worse. At this point I had already experienced both taking all the questions and the computer shutting off at a certain number. After taking your online review, I was more confident, and I wasn't scared of the exam. So I will let future nurses know how strongly I recommend your review. I really am lost for words because I am so happy, excited, and very emotional because I finally did it! I just want to say may God bless you always for taking the time to help others accomplish their dreams! I will never be able to thank you enough!

Luz Ann M.

I just wanted to say that this Hurst Review was wonderful. I took the live review in December and did the online review in March. I took the NCLEX® examination around March 21, and it had 75 questions. And one week later my license came in the mail. My mother had taken this review a couple years ago and she passed the first time, also. Thanks for such a wonderful job in your presentation and helping me understand. Most of my exam was focused on priority/management, some peds and maternity. If I had not taken this review I don't believe I would have done my best on the test.

Connie S.

Thank you so much for your program! It helped me and you helped me to pass boards and become an RN. I am currently waiting to start a position in the ICU at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, TN.

I took your course back in May at the University of Memphis. I remembered EVERYTHING during the test. I studied a little every day to keep things fresh and could always hear your funny voice reminding me, "Never tell the test people you are going to do nothing!"

Thank you again!
Stephanie S.
Memphis, TN

I wanted to send a quick THANK YOU! I attended your review in Memphis on Jan. 5-8, took the NCLEX exam on Jan. 12, and was notified last week that I passed. Yeah!

I wanted to address two specific areas of thanks to you:

1. Your review was awesome. Your test-taking tips were so helpful...having the dialogues regarding "What should I worry about with this patient?" helped me the most because the majority of my NCLEX exam questions dealt with prioritizing patients. I could hear your voice helping me navigate through those questions and spotting the tricks in other questions. So, when the computer cut off after 75 questions I was elated. I didn't feel like I had been blown away. I was ready and I felt like I had blown that test away - I honestly believe that I got close to 100%.

2. We learned so much in nursing school, but when I graduated I didn't feel like a nurse. However, when I finished your course I felt like hundreds of light bulbs had gone off in my head - it all makes sense now! I feel like a competent new nurse. I appreciate your help in passing the NCLEX examination, but even more so I thank you for helping to pull it all together. Since I've been working there have been several situations that have come up that I understand and I'm prepared to deal with because of being in your course. You are doing a great service to new grads by taking a step back and looking at the big picture view of the patient.

I've told many of my friends still in school to be sure and take your course. A lot of people in Memphis are looking forward to seeing you when they graduate.

Thanks again,
Karen S.

I took your review in Memphis, Tn. Jan. 5-8th. I took my NCLEX on Feb. 2 and passed . I wanted to personally thank you, and let you know that it was one of the most horrific experiences of my life. I know you preached to us how we would feel after the test, but I don't think any words does that feeling any justice....lol. I was so blessed to have 265 questions (a little sarcasm), but I think #75 will put you into cardiac arrest...lol. I know it took me 2 or 3 mins to click the mouse. I wanted it to shut off and then again I didn't. Of all the bad things that could go wrong- it did. At question #136, the LIGHTS BLACKED OUT. Not for 2 or even 5 mins. Let's talk about 30-40 mins. I asked God was this a sign that I was doing terribly bad. When the test was finally over, it took me 10 mins to realize that I had to start the car in order to leave...lol. And the week following wasn't any better. I think I have jet-lag and an electrolyte imbalance from lack of sleep and going to the bathroom(nervous stomach). I know the post office people thought I was crazy last Friday and Sat. because I went in there checking the box every 5 mins as if something would change. I think this test could cause PTSD...LOL! This was my experience. But I would like to tell you that you are one of God's Angels, and you are here for a purpose. God has blessed you with a great gift to help others.

Thank you, I Love You
God Bless You Always
LaKeshaT.

Hi Marlene,

Though you may not know me by face or name, i had taken your on-line review as a preparatory class for my NCLEX exam. I had thought that i would be missing out having not taken your live review and i certainly didn't have enough money to pay for a live review fresh out of school. I am happy to say that I was mistaken. I don't believe that i had sacrificed a single thing having had the on-line review. I would work at the hospital, then come home and complete a unit or two before bed. it was completely self paced, and I didn't have to miss days from my new job in order to study. I was sitting there taking my exam thinking to myself "she said I want to be in the upper level questions, what was she thinking? These are hard! Ok, what am I worried about with this patient?" And then when my computer shut off after only 81 questions i had felt as though i were on my first day of nursing school all over again. A complete nursing dunce. I couldn't remember a single question that I had taken, I was barely even sure of my name at that point. That was on February 6th, 2004. When I looked up my test results online 2 days later, i held my breath as i waited for the screen to pop up....I read down and then at the bottom it read PASS!!! Thank you so much for your flexibility with providing the online review. It affords someone who hasn't the time nor the money to sit in the classroom for a week for a review an invaluable tool for success. Thanks again.

Nicole, RN (hehehe)
Pensacola, FL

Mrs. Marlene,

I just wanted to say a big "Thank you" for your wonderful review and personality. I attended your review in Hattiesburg the week before Christmas. When I went up to you one day after class, you said, "Girl, I am gonna make a believer out of you!" And you did just what you said!

I bet I read and thought out your manual a hundred times. No joke. Then I watched your video over and over, answered your questions over and over, watched your review online two weeks before I took my boards, and answered around 2,000 questions in other NCLEX test prep books. I would apply my knowledge that I had learned through your self-study guide. I would find myself getting more and more right, which was steadily increasing my self-esteem. I would even answer other nurses' questions for them at work. After I would answer them, I would tell myself, "Go me. Go me!"

You were so right when you said you have to learn the material before you answer the questions. Another prep program had taught me another way - the two times before.

I took all 265 questions again, for the third time, and when I left there I had a peace about me. I felt so confident. I would not have known 20 questions if it had not of been for your self-study guide. When I got back to my car, I would look up questions that I had remembered. I gained more and more self confidence because as I was looking them up, I found myself getting them right, which really made me feel good. I recommend your program to anyone I see who is in nursing school and close to graduation.

Thanks again for your awesome personality, review, encouraging me, and most of all for believing in me. Keep on shining. You are truly the best. I wish I had that song by Tina Turner, "Simply the Best," because if I did, I would send it to you.

Thanks again - you are "Simply the Best - Better than all the rest!"

Rhonda W.

Marlene,

I took the boards again on May 6 and the computer cut off at question 75 or 76 (whatever is the bottom number), and I was only around one and a half hours into the test. In fact I was looking at the number and my time, thinking, "Well I can go to the bathroom and take a break in 30 minutes, and I'm OK with the number I'm on so I will be able to do all 265 this time without a problem for time." Then the computer cut off and I lost my breath. My first thought was, "Well, I either bombed it or I aced it." I felt my head was clearer than the first time and I was able to pick out questions using your tactics about what to look for in the answer, plus all the core material you helped me obtain. I felt good but I just didn't want to let myself feel too good until I knew the real results. Well the Louisiana state board of nursing had my results posted by 3 p.m. the next afternoon and it said "RN status." I printed it up three times for proof because I just couldn't believe it. I gave one of the copies to my mom in her Mother's Day card. I only had one of the new types of questions, and it was easy. I was an ortho nurse for three years and for some reason this test had a lot of ortho so I really lucked out in that aspect. But I know the greatest help of all was you and your team at Hurst Review, sending me info and calling to check on me and let me know you were there. Knowing I had someone to turn to was the biggest comfort and help of all. And by the way, the recording of the questions and answers was the most incredible way to study. It helped me to learn the material the most. I cannot say "Thank you" enough for all you've done. I wanted to call and thank you in person on the phone, but I've really been working overtime since I got back from the test. I have a lot of people I work with in RN school and I have been telling them how wonderful your review is and how to get to your website for information on reviews. I will always recommend you highly for future students.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING,
Bonita B.

Hi! I wanted to let you know that I passed - what a load off! Your seminar was excellent; I really needed the refresher. I am proof that you can pass or fail at 265 questions. I kept telling myself though (just like you said to) "I haven't failed yet." I will refer you to all of my friends. Thank you so much!

Pam M.

I recently took the NCLEX examination after reviewing your online review for one week. I was told on April 1 the NCLEX test will be changing, and it scared me. I immediately enrolled in your online review and you became my buddy for one solid week. I took the NCLEX on March 31, the day before the test changed and I ran out of time. I realized after question 180 that I was chosen to take the whole test. But I stayed calm like you stated on the review, and I took my time even though I knew my time was limited. I answered each question like it was the first one. After the test, I felt very bad. I sat in front of the computer a total of five hours without taking advantage of the breaks that were offered. On the way home I did not feel anxious or scared because you stated that no one ever feels as though they passed. So, I felt with those words I still had a fighting chance. Two days later I received my results - and as you said if you follow me you will get a license in the mail. And that, Marlene, I did. Thanks to you and all that you do.

Tonyell W.

Just wanted to let you know that I took my NCLEX examination on May 13, and I PASSED! I was notified over that weekend and my license was waiting for me in the mail. I know that I couldn't have done it without the help of your review course and your staff. The online review is great; it really brought everything together for me! It made things "click" and make sense - in ways that I never had thought of before. I will continue to use the online review content as a means of reference material. I have gained so much by taking your review course. I will tell everyone that if they are looking for a review course, Hurst Review is the course to take! You were so right, Marlene; the NCLEX doesn't have to be hard, you just have to approach it in the right way. And Hurst Review does that for you. Before this course, I didn't have a clue as to where to start studying for this exam, but Marlene came to the rescue!

Thanks,
Kelly B.

Thank you so much for what you do and for the excellence with which
you do it! Your review was definitely the highlight of my entire BSN program and was evidently quite effective as well. I took my boards on the 17th of June and passed!

You were so right about every aspect of the testing process, too.
Even though I did very well in nursing school and considered myself
adequately prepared for whatever "those old NCLEX" people could throw at me, the actual test questions threw me for a loop. Had I not been fortunate enough to attend your live review, I might have let the magnitude of the difficult questions shake my confidence to the point of flying into a panic and making careless errors. Instead, I tried to "channel" my inner Marlene and to think critically as I considered each possible answer. It was like in the old Saturday morning cartoons of my youth... a miniature Marlene angel sitting on my shoulder saying.... "Now don't pick that - it would be MEAN."

Thankfully, it was over quickly enough and the computer shut off after 75 questions, just as you said it would.

You can rest assured that I will recommend Hurst Review Services to
every student nurse that I encounter during my career. You are the best and I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done to help us.


Best regards,
Robert W.

I attended the live review in Memphis, TN and loved it! I found the entire course very entertaining and informative; also, I was so excited to have all of the separate systems / topics that I had learned in nursing school put together in a way that would be more beneficial than I realized. After the review course, I returned to work, and was amazed at the number of times each day I found myself using the information that I had learned at Hurst Review. I will and have recommended Hurst Review to anyone who will be taking the NCLEX. I really want to thank you for the service that you provide to nursing students; no one could imagine just how helpful this course is without experiencing it.

FYI - There were 23 graduates in my nursing class from Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, TN; our instructors recommended Hurst Review and encouraged everyone to attend a review course. Of the 23 graduates, 21 attended Hurst review; 20 have taken the NCLEX and 19 have passed. Again, thank you for helping me pass and for helping me understand many difficult concepts that I have struggled with throughout nursing school.


Sincerely,
Carol R.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't thank you enough for all you've done for me. Your review, I really feel in my heart, is what got me through boards. In a previous e-mail I told you how stressed I was about taking boards. I kept hearing your voice in my head while I was taking the test - you know all your tips to help us get more right than wrong and I know that was a big part of my success in taking boards. Anyway thank you so much for all you do for people and all you have done for me. I thank God first of all and I thank you because your voice was with me as I tested. Now I will move on and work carefully, professionally, competently, efficiently, and safely to take care as many people as I can. And once again thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will be recommending Hurst Review Services to my friends that are still working on their ADN nursing degree.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth C.

We just wanted to take some time to tell you that your review was great! We attended your review in Thibodaux, LA. We just recently took our boards last week, and we all passed. When we got out of our test we all just knew that we had failed, but we remembered your words of wisdom that "everybody feels that way." After studying your content, everything just fell together. We just wanted to thank you very much for a great review. It was well worth the drive and we have recommended you to future graduates of Northwestern State University in Shreveport, LA.

Thanks again,

Jennifer C., Amber O., Kristin B., Allen G., Luke R.

I just wanted to thank you for the amazing NCLEX examination review. I attended your review and for the first time I never looked at my watch during a lecture. You had my full attention and you made the lecture so interesting that it was fun! I appreciate everything that you did for me. I took the NCLEX for the first time months later after the review and I studied exactly like you told me to. I took 75 questions and passed with flying colors. Unfortunately, I had three friends that went to nursing school with me that took all 265 questions, and all three failed the NCLEX exam. I told them about your review and they all booked a lecture with you. Each one of them took 75 questions the second time and passed. My friends and I thank you for everything.

Chablis B.