Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Business First of Columbus:

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facultyh and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’a nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currenft vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is8 percent. The economic downturj has helped the industry because many retired nursezs have come back to but once the recession ends the shortage will saidCarmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylandc Hospital Association.
The first round of grants will increase the numbere of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultt positions at nursing programs acrossthe “The number of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simply not enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chair of the “Whko Will Care?” campaign at a press conferencr Monday. “We cannot take our eye off the nursing demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursing students. The programm has raised $15.
5 million to date througgh the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructio nform , , the region's larges hospital system, and , the region's largestf health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medica l Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 milliom from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal • • • • • ; and, .