Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - South Florida Business Journal:

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylanfdnursing schools, will be used to lure faculty and and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reach 10,00o by 2016, according to the . The curreny vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helped the industry because many retired nurses have come backto work, but once the recession ends the shortagwe will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. The first round of grants will increass the number of nurses graduating by 300 studentsd and add 20 faculty positions at nursingv programs acrossthe state.
“The number of nurses graduatinb from Maryland schools are simply not saidRonald B. Peterson, president of and co-chaier of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference Monday. “We cannort take our eye off the nursing The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500p new nursing students. The programj has raised $15.5 million to date througu the state’s business community, includinb funds from the Baltimores constructionform , , the region'sw largest hospital system, and , the region's largesyt health insurer.
Greater Baltimore Medical for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 millionj from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in state, locall and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .