LSAT 152 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q2

LR Question 2 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Edgar: Nurses who have been specially trained in …

QUESTION TYPE: Point at Issue

ARGUMENTS: EDGAR’S ARGUMENT: Nurses are well trained. Anesthesia is now very safe.
So, nurses should be allowed to administer it without supervision.

JANET’S ARGUMENT: Nurses are well trained, but only doctors have sufficient training to handle rare emergencies.

ANALYSIS: Both agree nurses are well trained. But Janet points out that doctors need to be present because only they can handle rare emergencies. So Edgar wants no supervision, Janet thinks there should be.

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1. Too strong. Janet doesn’t say nurses should never be allowed, just that they should not do so without supervision.
2. Both agree with this. Janet explicitly calls them rare and Edgar says anesthesia’s gotten very safe.
3. Neither of them discuss or imply they need more training.
4. Edgar agrees with this, and we don’t know that Janet disagrees. She acknowledges emergencies are rare, so she probably agrees.
5. CORRECT. Edgar says nurses should be allowed to do it without supervision, while Janet thinks it’s still needed because of potential emergencies.