NIH Stroke Scale Training and Certification Exam Questions With Complete Solutions!!

tips for scoring - ANSWER-use patient's first response - ataxia - ANSWER-lack of muscle coordination, reflects the affected coordination of one who has experienced a stroke Significance of NIH stroke scale - ANSWER-necessary prognostic tool for discerning deficits within different parts of body. provides in common language to understand nature of stroke and severity amongst interdisciplinary team. is the NIH stroke scale a measure of disability? - ANSWER-no, it is a measuring tool of impairments. Relevance to medical specialties - ANSWER-emergency physicians, neurologists - ANSWER-- administer scale items in their - exact order - avoid coaching patient - accept patient's 1st effort - score only what patient does - be consistent