2013年12月 四级选词填空来源

根据网友反馈，2013年12月英语四级阅读选词填空原文出自《新闻周刊》的某篇文章，主题为护士教育。以下为阅读原文，欢迎大家参考。 　　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 are more than 200. Typical isColumbia University's Entry to Practice program. Students earn their bachelor of science innursing in a year. Those who stay on for an additional two years can earn a master's degreethat qualifies them as nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists orcertified nurse midwives.　　Many students are recent grads; others are career switchers. Rudy Guardron, 32, a 2004grad of Columbia's program, was premed in college and then worked for a pharmaceuticalresearch company. At Columbia, he trained as a nurse practitioner. "I saw that nurses were inhigh demand and it looked like a really good opportunity," he says. "Also, I didn't want to be inschool for that long."　　The fast-track trend fills a need, but it's also creating some tension between newcomersand veterans. "Nurses that are still at the bedside view these kids with suspicion," says LindaPellico, who has taught nursing at Yale University for 18 years. "They wonder, how can they doit quicker?" The answer is they don't. Students entering with a bachelor's have alreadycompleted many of the prerequisites of traditional nursing schools. "They hit the groundrunning," says Hila Richardson, associate dean at New York University, which has a 15-monthprogram. She says the fast-trackers get the same amount of clin