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@Ryan-Scirocco, Great question. This question is asking us what we can infer from the passage. We have a series of conditional statements, so the best thing to do is to diagram the stimulus and deduce as much as possible from there. Often times, on these questions you can predict what the correct answer choice will be if you figure out what can be figured out from the conditional statements in the premises. We have Problems not solved - >not attract more applicants not attract more applicants - >lower standards or shortage of nurses shortage of nurses or lower standards - >not maintain quality This all links together to form Problems not solved - >not attract more applicants - >shortage of nurses or lower standards - >not maintain quality The inference the correct answer choice highlights will be something in this chain. (E) says, "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." (E) translates to problems not solved - >not maintain quality. This is the beginning and end of the chain we made, so this is precisely the conclusion that we can draw from the premises. Thus, (E) is the correct answer choice. Doing work up front when examining the stimulus pays dividends in allowing you to go through the answer choices quickly. (E) is clearly correct based on our analysis, and all of the others fail to match up with the conditional chain we've mapped out. Making that chain lets you easily see why the wrong answers are wrong and why the right answer is right. Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!