Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Moving the unaffected leg first with the cane ensures stability. Advancing 12 inches is impractical, the cane should be on the unaffected side, and stairs require unaffected leg support.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Hospice care is for terminally ill clients (prognosis ≤6 months), focusing on comfort. It can be provided at home, discontinued if conditions improve, and does not aim to prolong life.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Dilated pupils enhance vision during fight-or-flight, driven by adrenaline. Airways dilate, blood pressure rises, and glucose increases for energy, ruling out other options.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: An eighth-grade reading level ensures accessible material for comprehension. Television distracts, technical language confuses, and starting with key information is secondary to material accessibility.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: C. difficile spores resist alcohol sanitizers, requiring soap and water handwashing for at least 20 seconds. Negative pressure rooms are for airborne infections, 10-second washing is inadequate, and masks are unnecessary as C. difficile spreads via fecal-oral transmission.