NIH STROKE SCALE LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026 WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/WELL ANALYSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
How many items on the NIH stroke scale? - CORRECT ANSWER-11
NIH Stroke scale is - CORRECT ANSWER-an 11-item clinical evaluation instrument
widely used in clinical trials and practice to assess neurologic outcome and
degree of recovery from stroke.
Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular
assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER-NO
Having what when using NIH scale is important? - CORRECT ANSWER-reference
materials
DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they
can do, RATE ONLY - CORRECT ANSWER-rate only what they actually do
use patient"s first response? - CORRECT ANSWER-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... - CORRECT ANSWER-1) 0
2) ataxia
3) 1 or 2
4) 0
You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate... -
CORRECT ANSWER-that they have loss of sensation
if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt? - CORRECT
ANSWER-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? - CORRECT
ANSWER-mild, mod, severe
start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't
get a history of... - CORRECT ANSWER-what happened
dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred
________? - CORRECT ANSWER-speech.
Score is associated with prognosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-YES
Is NIH scale a measure of disability? - CORRECT ANSWER-NO. The NIH scale is a
measure of impairments.
, The NIH scale creates a common currency so that everybody understands the
patient's level of... - CORRECT ANSWER-deficit, by giving a number that
communicates to other professionals how sick the patient is
how much time to budget to perorm NIH scale - CORRECT ANSWER-7-10 mins
What effort should be recorded? Do not do what? - CORRECT ANSWER-The
patient's first effort. Don't go back and change scores.
IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS IN ADMINISTRATION:
Administer scale items in their exact ______
-Avoid ______ing patient
-Accept patient's _______ effort
-Score only what the patient _______
-Be consistent
-Include all _________s into scoring, including those that may be from
_________s ______s - CORRECT ANSWER--order
-coaching
-first
-does
-Be consistent
-previous strokes
ITEM 1a and how to get it - CORRECT ANSWER--examiner's overall impression of
patient alertness
-ask 2-3 questions about circumstances of admission, stimuate patient by
patting or tapping, occasionally pinching
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/WELL ANALYSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
How many items on the NIH stroke scale? - CORRECT ANSWER-11
NIH Stroke scale is - CORRECT ANSWER-an 11-item clinical evaluation instrument
widely used in clinical trials and practice to assess neurologic outcome and
degree of recovery from stroke.
Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular
assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER-NO
Having what when using NIH scale is important? - CORRECT ANSWER-reference
materials
DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they
can do, RATE ONLY - CORRECT ANSWER-rate only what they actually do
use patient"s first response? - CORRECT ANSWER-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... - CORRECT ANSWER-1) 0
2) ataxia
3) 1 or 2
4) 0
You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate... -
CORRECT ANSWER-that they have loss of sensation
if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt? - CORRECT
ANSWER-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? - CORRECT
ANSWER-mild, mod, severe
start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't
get a history of... - CORRECT ANSWER-what happened
dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred
________? - CORRECT ANSWER-speech.
Score is associated with prognosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-YES
Is NIH scale a measure of disability? - CORRECT ANSWER-NO. The NIH scale is a
measure of impairments.
, The NIH scale creates a common currency so that everybody understands the
patient's level of... - CORRECT ANSWER-deficit, by giving a number that
communicates to other professionals how sick the patient is
how much time to budget to perorm NIH scale - CORRECT ANSWER-7-10 mins
What effort should be recorded? Do not do what? - CORRECT ANSWER-The
patient's first effort. Don't go back and change scores.
IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS IN ADMINISTRATION:
Administer scale items in their exact ______
-Avoid ______ing patient
-Accept patient's _______ effort
-Score only what the patient _______
-Be consistent
-Include all _________s into scoring, including those that may be from
_________s ______s - CORRECT ANSWER--order
-coaching
-first
-does
-Be consistent
-previous strokes
ITEM 1a and how to get it - CORRECT ANSWER--examiner's overall impression of
patient alertness
-ask 2-3 questions about circumstances of admission, stimuate patient by
patting or tapping, occasionally pinching
