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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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..

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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

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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.

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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 ....

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