Question: Which method would the nurse teach a client on a rehabilitation unit after a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with residual hemiparesis to help achieve the goal of safe walking with a cane? Shorten the stride of the unaffected extremity. Advance the cane and the affected extremity simultaneously. Lean the body toward the side with the cane when ambulating. Hold the cane on the same side as the affected extremity and increase the base of support.