NIH MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
How many items on the NIH stroke scale?
11
NIH Stroke scale is
an 11-item clinical evaluation instrument widely used in clinical trials and practice to assess
neurologic outcome and degree of recovery from stroke.
NIH Stroke Scale is used to quantify the effects of acute cerebral ischemia on levels of ... (7
items)
levels of:
consciousness
vision
motor function (facial and extremities)
cerebellar function
sensation
language
extinction or inattention
NIH SS is used to measure patient's status after a stroke and to assess the outcome after
treatment
Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular assessment?
NO
Having what when using NIH scale is important?
reference materials
DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they can do,
RATE ONLY
, rate only what they actually do
use patient"s first response?
YES - DO NOT USE SUMMARY OF RESPONSES
re ataxia score
1-if real weak, assume ataxia score is...
2-if they can hold leg or arm up w/ minimal drift but are all over place when trying finger
to nose test, that's probably...
3) Important to know if ataxia is present or not and if present in _____ or _______ limbs
4) if patient very weak or paralyzed, the ataxia score is...
1) 0
2) ataxia
3) 1 or 2
4) 0
You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate...
that they have loss of sensation
if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt?
no, but you do if there's loss on top of the neuropathy
aphasia is difficult because it can take a while to go through the battery and it can be
subjective as to whether it is one of which classification?
mild, mod, severe
start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't get a history
of...
what happened
dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred ________?
speech.
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
How many items on the NIH stroke scale?
11
NIH Stroke scale is
an 11-item clinical evaluation instrument widely used in clinical trials and practice to assess
neurologic outcome and degree of recovery from stroke.
NIH Stroke Scale is used to quantify the effects of acute cerebral ischemia on levels of ... (7
items)
levels of:
consciousness
vision
motor function (facial and extremities)
cerebellar function
sensation
language
extinction or inattention
NIH SS is used to measure patient's status after a stroke and to assess the outcome after
treatment
Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular assessment?
NO
Having what when using NIH scale is important?
reference materials
DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they can do,
RATE ONLY
, rate only what they actually do
use patient"s first response?
YES - DO NOT USE SUMMARY OF RESPONSES
re ataxia score
1-if real weak, assume ataxia score is...
2-if they can hold leg or arm up w/ minimal drift but are all over place when trying finger
to nose test, that's probably...
3) Important to know if ataxia is present or not and if present in _____ or _______ limbs
4) if patient very weak or paralyzed, the ataxia score is...
1) 0
2) ataxia
3) 1 or 2
4) 0
You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate...
that they have loss of sensation
if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt?
no, but you do if there's loss on top of the neuropathy
aphasia is difficult because it can take a while to go through the battery and it can be
subjective as to whether it is one of which classification?
mild, mod, severe
start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't get a history
of...
what happened
dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred ________?
speech.
