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What does it take to be a well-trained nurse?The answer used to be two-year associate's or four-year bachelor's degree programs. But as the nursingshortage deepens, a growing number of schools andhospitals are establishing "fast-track programs" thatenable college grads with no nursing experience tobecome registered nurses with only a year or so ofspecialized training. In 1991, there were only 40 fast-track curricula; now there