We wanted 80% of stroke patients to have a completed ... and a 5-point Likert scale (1 = weak belief, 5 = strong belief) to measure staff nurse beliefs. Participants were encouraged to be open ...

The median score on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (range, 0 to 42, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms) at admission was 6 (interquartile range, 5 to 9).

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., ...