Nursing schools CR

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aj5105: Legendary Member; Posts: 1169; Joined: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:34 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 25 times

by aj5105 » Mon May 11, 2009 2:03 am

Nursing schools cannot attract a greater number of able applicants than they currently do unless the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions in the nursing profession are solved. If the pool of able applicants to nursing school does not increase beyond the current level, either the profession will have to lower its entrance standards, or there will soon be an acute shortage of nurses. It is not certain, however, that lowering entrance standards will avert a shortage. It is clear that with either a shortage of nurses or lowered entrance standards of the profession, the current high quality of health care cannot be maintained.
Which one of the following can be property inferred from the passage?

(A) If the nursing profession solves the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions, it will attract able applicants in greater numbers than it currently does.

(B) The nursing profession will have to lower its entrance standards if the pool of able applicants to nursing school does not increase beyond the current level.

(C) If the nursing profession solves the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions, high quality health care will be maintained.

(D) If the nursing profession fails to solve the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions, there will soon be an acute shortage of nurses.

(E) The current high quality of health care will not be maintained if the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions in the nursing profession are not solved.

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by ketkoag » Mon May 11, 2009 2:46 am

narrowed down to C and E. Will select C here.

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by Pranay » Mon May 11, 2009 3:05 am

ketkoag wrote:narrowed down to C and E. Will select C here.

I agree with Ketkoag.

Please post the appropriate answer.

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by mehravikas » Mon May 11, 2009 1:11 pm

IMO - E

C is wrong because the possible solution to the problem of low wages and high stress working conditions will lead to acute shortage of nurses, unless nursing schools lowered the entrance standards....

therefore, even if the problem is solved high quality cannot be maintained.

OA please?

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by rs2010 » Mon May 11, 2009 4:08 pm

E.

C is saying that X will occur if we have Y and Z while our passage is saying that X will not occur unless we have Y and Z, but this does not mean that X will def occur if we have Y and Z.

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by ketkoag » Tue May 12, 2009 2:58 am

yeah when i read the stimuli for about 4 mins, i got the option E as the right answer in this case..

I hate LSAT CRs because they consume lot of time and are not designed to be done in 2 mins.....

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by KICKGMATASS123 » Wed May 13, 2009 7:20 am

What is wrong with A. It restates the 1st sentence

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by hmboy17 » Wed May 13, 2009 9:21 am

So we are discussing two issues here which are totally different from each other as the 2nd talks about how they can increase the no of applicant by lowering down the admission process. Where the 1st stats about low wages/stress for low applicant turn out. So on what basis you guys are trying to answer this question? Pls elaborate your reasoning.

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Re: Nursing schools CR

by thetrystero » Wed May 13, 2009 11:31 pm

aj5105 wrote:Nursing schools cannot attract a greater number of able applicants than they currently do unless the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions in the nursing profession are solved. If the pool of able applicants to nursing school does not increase beyond the current level, either the profession will have to lower its entrance standards, or there will soon be an acute shortage of nurses. It is not certain, however, that lowering entrance standards will avert a shortage. It is clear that with either a shortage of nurses or lowered entrance standards of the profession, the current high quality of health care cannot be maintained.
Which one of the following can be property inferred from the passage?

(A) If the nursing profession solves the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions, it will attract able applicants in greater numbers than it currently does.

(B) The nursing profession will have to lower its entrance standards if the pool of able applicants to nursing school does not increase beyond the current level.

(C) If the nursing profession solves the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions, high quality health care will be maintained.

(D) If the nursing profession fails to solve the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions, there will soon be an acute shortage of nurses.

(E) The current high quality of health care will not be maintained if the problems of low wages and high-stress working conditions in the nursing profession are not solved.

low wages/high stress -> stagnant number of able applicants -> (lower standards or acute shortage) -> HQ cannot be maintained

close call between A and E. I'll have to pick E since alleviation of low wages/high stress is not an absolute guarantee of increasing able applicant numbers.

B. other option is acute shortage. also not certain that this will address the problem.
C. not a guarantee
D. other possibility is to lower standards

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by Brad.C » Sun May 15, 2016 1:18 pm

My bet is on C

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