PT152.S4.Q2

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PrepTest 152 - Section 4 - Question 2

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Edgar: Conclusion Nurses who have been specially trained in administering anesthetics should be allowed to anesthetize patients without having to do so under a doctor's supervision. █████ ████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ██████████ ████ ██ ██████ ████████

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Speaker 1 Summary

Edgar argues that nurses trained in administering anesthetics should be allowed to anesthetize patients without doctor supervision. As support, Edgar says that anesthesia is much safer than it used to be.

Speaker 2 Summary

Janet endorses the unstated conclusion that nurses should not be allowed to anesthetize patients without doctor supervision. This is because only doctors have the training to handle rare emergencies that can arise.

Objective

We need a statement that Edgar and Janet disagree on. They disagree whether nurse anesthetists should have doctor supervision. Edgar disagrees because anesthesia has gotten safer. Janet agrees because only doctors have the necessary training to handle rare emergencies.

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The dialogue provides the most ███████ ███ ███ █████ ████ █████ ███ █████ ████████ ████ ███████

nurses should ever ██ ███████ ██ ███████████ ████████

Both speakers agree with this statement. Edgar thinks that nurses should be able to anesthetize patients without doctor supervision. Janet thinks that nurses should be able to anesthetize patients with doctor supervision.

emergencies that can ███████ ████ ██████████ ███ ████

Both speakers agree with this statement. Edgar says that anesthesia is "remarkably safe," which implies that emergencies are rare. Janet directly states that emergencies are rare.

nurses should be █████ ████ ████████ ██ █████████████ ███████████

Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. In fact, the speakers may both disagree with this statement, since both acknowledge that nurse anesthetists are specially trained.

the safety of ██████████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ███████

Edgar agrees, but Janet does not express an opinion on this statement. Janet only discusses the training of different medical professionals, not recent progress in anesthesia safety.

the administration of ███████████ ██ █ █████ ██████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ █ ██████

Edgar and Janet disagree on this statement. Edgar disagrees and thinks nurse anesthetists should be able to anesthetize patients without doctor supervision. Janet agrees because only doctors are capable of handling a rare emergency.

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97% of people who answer get this correct

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124

75% 135

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Question Stem Tags

Point at issue: disagree

Stems that ask us to identify a statement to which one speaker in the stimulus would say "Yes" and the other would say "No"

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Value judgment

Stimuli in which a jump from descriptive claims (i.e. "is" claims) to normative claims (i.e. "ought" claims) informs our evaluation of the answer choices.

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