A project was developed to determine the barriers to NIHSS use by the nursing staff, to develop and implement a plan to improve the completion rate, and to evaluate progress as interventions were ...
"Most patients who present with a NIHSS score of higher than five and anterior circulation occlusion along with patients with ...
"Most patients who present with a NIHSS score of higher than five and anterior circulation occlusion along with patients with an NIHSS of 10 or higher and basilar occlusions without extensive ...
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a well-validated, reliable scoring system for use specifically with stroke patients (Goldstein, Bertels, & Davis, 1989; Lyden et al., ...