Bunuel wrote:
The shortage of nurses in America is not primarily caused by a lack of graduates of nursing schools. Rather, the shortage is primarily caused by the fact that salaries of experienced nurses do not match those of other professions and the environment in which nurses work has become more challenging in recent years.
Which of the following, if true, would lend most support to the conclusion above?
A. Many nurses already in the profession may not have been able to afford the tuition currently charged by nursing schools.
B. Nurses are entering the profession with a greater level of education today than in the past.
C. Some people who would like to become nurses have not been able to gain admission to nursing schools because those schools had no slots for additional students.
D. Many nurses have indicated that they left the profession primarily because of the long hours, stressful conditions, and inadequate pay.
E. Many people who have thought about nursing as a career have cited the formal educational requirements as a reason to seek another position in the health care field
ArgumentLack of nurses is not due to lack of nursing graduate but because they get paid less and they work in poor environment.
Questions TypeStrengthen
A. Many nurses already in the profession may not have been able to afford the tuition currently charged by nursing schools.-->
Argument says there is no lack of graduate of nursing school. Even if this is the case, it will weaken, not strengthen, the conclusion. --> WrongB. Nurses are entering the profession with a greater level of education today than in the past. -->
This gives another reason why there is a lack of nurses because they are studying more and taking more time. This weakens, not strengthens, the conclusion. --> WrongC. Some people who would like to become nurses have not been able to gain admission to nursing schools because those schools had no slots for additional students.-->
But problem is not lack of nurse graduates --> Irrelevant --> WrongD. Many nurses have indicated that they left the profession primarily because of the long hours, stressful conditions, and inadequate pay. -->
This is what the argument says that nurses don't like less money and poor environment --> Strengthen --> CORECTE. Many people who have thought about nursing as a career have cited the formal educational requirements as a reason to seek another position in the health care field -->
This gives another reason for lack of nurses --> Weakens --> WrongPosted from my mobile device