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

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandsnursing schools, will be used to lure faculty and and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’s nursingf shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currentt vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is8 percent. The economicx downturn has helped the industryy because many retired nurseds have come backto work, but once the recessiom ends the shortage will said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital The first round of grants will increase the number of nurses graduatiny by 300 students and add 20 faculty positionsd at nursing programs across the state.
“The number of nurses graduatiny from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronaldf B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Wh Will Care?” campaign at a pres conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursintg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursingg students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date throughu the state’s business including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region's largest hospitak system, and , the region's largest health Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisr $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise an addition $40 million in state, local and federal • • • • • ; and, • .