Hurst Review/Random

[SQueenRN, BSN]

Hello fellow graduate nurses!! I just wanted to comment on how GREAT!!! the Hurst Review is. I'm taking it right now. It's a four day course and I just finished day 2 and I just LOVE it!!!! I'm getting refreshed on sooo much it's like taking nursing school again in 4 days! It's just what you need to know and great test taking tips. The instructor is so energetic and funny and explains things in an easy to understand manner. I look forward to going back tomorrow and I'll miss it when it's over!

Also, I start my job (a GN on a busy busy Med/Surg floor that I've worked on as a tech for the past year) on Friday and I'm soo excited and nervoussssss.. I also just got my ATT and I signed up to take the NCLEX on Feb 3rd, 4 weeks from now! WOW! How crazy that I've FINALLY set a date! People always ask me, "so when are you taking the boards?" and I finally have an answer. What an exciting time. :grad: Please feel free to share your plans, excitement, nervousness, whatever you want in this thread. We are all in this together!!!!

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In case you're interested:

http://www.hurstreview.com/live_review.php

[mo18]

Hi. I'm a new grad who has done the Hurst review. I did the 4 days live Hurst review at my school. I really enjoyed it and thought the review was very very helpful. I would recommend the Hurst review to anyone out there.

[horus2001]

i used hurst. i ended up with 75 questions, finished in 45 minutes. passed the nclex no problem, much of the success i owe to hurst. it was simply the best prep program i encountered.

[jkm5017]

i just took the hurst review and was wondering if anyone could explain a math equation from the 5th day cd-rom.

i can't understand how to get the final concentration

to calculate does with infusion already in progress:

________mg/ml x _________ml/h = ______ mg/h

concentration pump setting dosage

example: calculate the iv infusion rate in ml/h for a 70 kg patient requiring dilitiazem, 5 mg/h. dilitiazem is in a single use vial with a concentration of 125mg/5 ml. it should be added to 100 ml d5w to make the final infusion solution.

calculation: dilitiazem 125 mg = 5mg + 100 ml d5w = 100 ml

final concentration: 125 mg/125ml = 1 mg/ml

answer: setting the infusion pump at 5 ml/h will result in a final infusion rate of 5 mg/h