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NIHSS Practice Trainer
Read the scenario, score each of the 15 NIHSS items, then check your work against the answer key with a rationale for every item. Every scenario here is written from scratch — the official NIHSS training cases and images are copyrighted, so use this to practice the method, and your facility's certified materials for certification.
Learn the method behind it
New to the scale, or fuzzy on the scoring rules people miss (aphasia vs. dysarthria, when ataxia is scored 0)? The companion guide walks through all 11 item groups first. NIHSS scoring walkthrough →