How this exercise works
Score Eye, Verbal, and Motor for each neurologic scenario. Lower scores signal more severe injury; totals guide escalation and documentation.
Fundamental concept
Scoring eye, verbal, and motor components during routine neurologic monitoring and when to escalate declining totals.
Read: Glasgow Coma Scale for LPN Neurologic Checks →Scenario
A patient with left-sided weakness opens eyes only to painful nail-bed pressure, speaks inappropriate words without coherent sentences, and withdraws the right arm from pain but the left arm does not move purposefully.
Select the best eye, verbal, and motor score.
