trymore Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Hospital administrators, facing a shortage of trained nursesw, are considering two possible solutions: either give some of the work previously done by nurses to paramedics or else raise the salaries now paid to nurses.Which of the following can be most reliably inferred from the above information? (A) Raising their salraies will increase the supply of nurses (B) Nurses are generally opposed to haveing some of their duties reassigned to paramedics © The shortage of nurses will cause hospitals to increase costs (D) Paramedics would be just as competent as nurses in doing most of the work now being done by nurses (E) If some of the work now assigned to nurses was reassigned to paramedics, the nurses wold have more time to attend to patients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmaholic Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 A: Can be ruled out. Salaries would increase for the present nurses. No information about supply of nurses. B: Can be ruled out again. We dont know if nurses like or dislike paramedics guys. C: No this addresses one of the solutions but we cant say for sure. This cannot be inferred. Even if paramedics take over the expenses could remain the same. D: Maybe. E: We really cant say anything about the amount of time nurses spend attending patients. No information provided. I'll pick D. Waiting for the answer.. I'll be surprised if its not D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaithy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I am also for D... Option D also looks like an assumptions for me....Can we relate an assumption and an inference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchakrain Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I was inclined towards E but I think D sounds better. What's wrong about A ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymore Posted November 5, 2005 Author Share Posted November 5, 2005 This is a question from the scoretop. OA is A. I do not agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sravna Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 trymore, I agree with A because raising the salary of the nurses is assumed to increase the supply of nurses as this is one of the solutions to alleviate the problem of shortage of nurses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchakrain Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Generally inference answer choice shouldnot be taken straight from the argument.'A' is directly from the argument ,hence it shouldn't be the inference.Otherwise 'A' seems ok. 'D' seems to be an assumption,not an inference to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramanathansankar Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I dont think that A is a valid inference. Increasing the salaray can possibly sustain the nurses in their current job and prevent them from leaving. To consider that increase in salaries would lead to an increased supply of nurses seems a bit far-fetched. I think D is an inferece. From the stimulus we can definitely infer that paramedics would be as good as the nurses. One of the parts of the conclusion is to use paramedics to support the work done by the staff. The said inference in D stems from the conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMZ Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 IMHO there is no way D can be the right answer choice. If you look at the statement, it says "...either give SOME (not most) of the work previously done by nurses to paramedics or else raise...". Now have a look at the answer choice D. Carefully read the inference in D and you'll see where the trap is. It says: "Paramedics would be just as competent as nurses in doing MOST of the work now being done by nurses". Therefore, D cannot be the right choice. A is the right one. I'm not sure if I'm clear enough ;) Hospital administrators, facing a shortage of trained nursesw, are considering two possible solutions: either give some of the work previously done by nurses to paramedics or else raise the salaries now paid to nurses.Which of the following can be most reliably inferred from the above information? (A) Raising their salraies will increase the supply of nurses (B) Nurses are generally opposed to haveing some of their duties reassigned to paramedics © The shortage of nurses will cause hospitals to increase costs (D) Paramedics would be just as competent as nurses in doing most of the work now being done by nurses (E) If some of the work now assigned to nurses was reassigned to paramedics, the nurses wold have more time to attend to patients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shilpishrestha Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 tough CR.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawjosh Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 The answer is perhaps A. Here is the reasoning: Hospital administrators, facing a shortage of trained nursesw, are considering two possible solutions: either give some of the work previously done by nurses to paramedics or else raise the salaries now paid to nurses.Which of the following can be most reliably inferred from the above information? (A) Raising their salraies will increase the supply of nurses--- raising the salary will definitely attract new nurses (B) Nurses are generally opposed to haveing some of their duties reassigned to paramedics --- "opposed" - sort of extreme - incorrect © The shortage of nurses will cause hospitals to increase costs - out of scope (D) Paramedics would be just as competent as nurses in doing most of the work now being done by nurses -- cant be derived based on argument (E) If some of the work now assigned to nurses was reassigned to paramedics, the nurses wold have more time to attend to patients -- irrelevant.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khushi Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think D ... since the paragraph says the nurses can be replaced by paramedics that implicitly means that the are mutually substitutable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillGmat Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think D can be a assumption When the author says that give some of the work previously done by nurses to paramedics He assumes that Paramedics would be just as competent as nurses in doing most of the work now being done by nurses The second solution is to increase the salary paid to nurses now. The issue over here is shortage of nurses. If the author says that by increasing the salary of the nurses could solve the problem then it can be inferred that by increasing the salaries hospital could attract more nurses. waiting for Kevinspain or 800bob to give their expert comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shilpishrestha Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I also opted for A. I think A is the correct inference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajivgarg Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 really confusing one.kinda confused between A & D but will settle with A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sravna Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 When the choices are close, careful reading is required. Choice D says that the paramedics are assumed to be competent in most of the work done by nurses. The passage never says this. It only says that only some of the work will be done by the paramedics. There is definitely a difference and therefore enough reason to rule choice D out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makumajon Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Well, D is an assumption that might strengthen the argument. Inference must be a conclusion. I opt for A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntorun Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 It is a classic question ...option A wins over D .. situation: hospitals face the problem of shortage of trained nurses solution: raise the salary of nurses in other words, raising the salary of nurses will solve the problem of shortage of trained nurses ... option A says the same Option D is shell game ...one of the soluation suggests to give SOME of the works done previously by nurses to Paramedics .. option D says Paramedics will do MOST of the works .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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