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Successful Implementation of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale on a Stroke/Neurovascular Unit
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is accepted as the definitive ... Staff members were surveyed to determine nurse-perceived barriers to the routine use of the NIHSS.
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USACS partners with Penn Medicine for stroke diagnosis
US Acute Care Solutions (USACS ... of posterior strokes by prompting clinicians to administer the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), perform a test of skew, and evaluate gait in any patient presenting ...
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US Acute Care Solutions and the University of Pennsylvania Work Together to Prevent Stroke Misdiagnosis
CANTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--US Acute Care Solutions (USACS ... this innovative approach reminds clinicians to perform the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), test of skew, and gait evaluation for ...
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Successful Implementation of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale on a Stroke/Neurovascular Unit
A secondary goal was to integrate the NIHSS tool into standard nursing practice by the end of 2004. We wanted 80% of stroke patients ... and a 5-point Likert scale (1 = weak belief, 5 = strong ...