NEWEST NIH STROKE SCALE ALL TEST GROUP NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS (A NEW UPDATED VERSION) |
ALREADY A GRADED BY EXPERT
How many items on the NIH stroke scale? - ANSWER: 11
NIH Stroke scale is - ANSWER: 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) - ANSWER: 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 - ANSWER: treatment
Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular
assessment? - ANSWER: NO
Having what when using NIH scale is important? - ANSWER: reference materials
DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they can do,
RATE ONLY - ANSWER: rate only what they actually do
use patient"s first response? - 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... - ANSWER: 1) 0
2) ataxia
3) 1 or 2
4) 0
, You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate... - ANSWER:
that they have loss of sensation
if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt? - 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? - ANSWER: mild, mod,
severe
start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't get a
history of... - ANSWER: what happened
dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred
________? - ANSWER: speech.
Score is associated with prognosis? - ANSWER: YES
Is NIH scale a measure of disability? - 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... - 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 - ANSWER: 7-10 mins
What effort should be recorded? Do not do what? - 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 - ANSWER: -order
-coaching
-first
-does
-Be consistent
-previous strokes
ITEM 1a and how to get it - ANSWER: -examiner's overall impression of patient
alertness
ACTUAL EXAM WITH REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS (A NEW UPDATED VERSION) |
ALREADY A GRADED BY EXPERT
How many items on the NIH stroke scale? - ANSWER: 11
NIH Stroke scale is - ANSWER: 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) - ANSWER: 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 - ANSWER: treatment
Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular
assessment? - ANSWER: NO
Having what when using NIH scale is important? - ANSWER: reference materials
DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they can do,
RATE ONLY - ANSWER: rate only what they actually do
use patient"s first response? - 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... - ANSWER: 1) 0
2) ataxia
3) 1 or 2
4) 0
, You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate... - ANSWER:
that they have loss of sensation
if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt? - 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? - ANSWER: mild, mod,
severe
start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't get a
history of... - ANSWER: what happened
dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred
________? - ANSWER: speech.
Score is associated with prognosis? - ANSWER: YES
Is NIH scale a measure of disability? - 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... - 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 - ANSWER: 7-10 mins
What effort should be recorded? Do not do what? - 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 - ANSWER: -order
-coaching
-first
-does
-Be consistent
-previous strokes
ITEM 1a and how to get it - ANSWER: -examiner's overall impression of patient
alertness
