Though the number of nurses employed in the United States has risen ov

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Though the number of nurses employed in the United States has risen over the last ten years, 15 percent of nursing positions in hospitals are vacant today. The situation will worsen unless hospitals improve working conditions and nursing schools attract students who have not traditionally been drawn to the profession. More scholarships and loans may make nursing education more affordable, and alternative routes to nursing may prompt adults interested in nursing to go back to studying in an undergraduate program.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the paragraph above?

A) Nursing school recruitments are now at their lowest level in a decade.
 B) In the past ten years, the number of practicing hospital nurses has fallen.
 C) Financial considerations are the principal reason for the current nursing shortage.
 D) Increasing the number of scholarships and loans will not by itself improve the hospitals' situation.
 E) Working conditions in hospitals have become significantly worse in the last decade.

chetan2u · Answer

Though the number of nurses employed in the United States has risen over the last ten years, 15 percent of nursing positions in hospitals are vacant today. The situation will worsen unless hospitals improve working conditions and nursing schools attract students who have not traditionally been drawn to the profession. More scholarships and loans may make nursing education more affordable, and alternative routes to nursing may prompt adults interested in nursing to go back to studying in an undergraduate program.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the paragraph above?

A) Nursing school recruitments are now at their lowest level in a decade.
 It is rather given otherwise, the number of nurses is more than what it was 10 years back

B) In the past ten years, the number of practicing hospital nurses has fallen.
  again it is given otherwise the number has increased in the last 10 years

C) Financial considerations are the principal reason for the current nursing shortage.
  working condition has also been given as one of the recent so not correct

D) Increasing the number of scholarships and loans will not by itself improve the hospitals' situation.
  correct....look at the coloured portion it is clearly given that good working conditions is a must

E) Working conditions in hospitals have become significantly worse in the last decade.
  there is nothing in the para that suggest this

D

TaN1213 · Answer

Hi, 
You might want to put color tags to indicate the comment of option D.
Regards.

TaN1213 · Answer

When the argument includes more than one items in a certain list, the author certainly doesn't believe one item can alone do the job.
--D--

Desertchampion · Answer

A) Nursing school recruitments are now at their lowest level in a decade.
 In fact the opposite is true, which is indicated by the statement: "Though the number of nurses employed in the United States has risen over the last ten years..."
 
B) In the past ten years, the number of practicing hospital nurses has fallen.
 We can't conclude that the number has fallen, only that 15% of nursing positions at hospitals are vacant.

C) Financial considerations are the principal reason for the current nursing shortage.
 Although financial considerations are a reason indicated by the statement: "More scholarships and loans may make nursing education more affordable...," we cannot conclude that it is the principal reason.

D) Increasing the number of scholarships and loans will not by itself improve the hospitals' situation.
 This is true. Increasing the number of scholarships and loans available will help, but it is one of several reasons listed and therefore will not by itself solve the problem.

E) Working conditions in hospitals have become significantly worse in the last decade.
 Although working conditions in hospitals are listed as being a reason for the shortage in nurses, there is not indication in the prompt that they have become worse.

The correct answer is answer choice D.

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