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

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Maryland nursing will be used to lure faculttyand students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reacgh 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currenrt vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is8 percent. The economicf downturn has helped the industry because many retirefd nurses have come backto work, but once the recessio n ends the shortage will worsen, said Carmelqa Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association.
The first rouned of grants will increase the number of nurseas graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculth positions at nursing programs acrossthe “The number of nursea graduating from Maryland schools are simply not said Ronald B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Wh o Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingv demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursingy students. The program has raised $15.
5 million to date through the state’s business including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'es largest hospital system, and , the region's largest health Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000. The goal is to raiswe $20 million from the privater sector by the end ofthe year, and then raisse an addition $40 million in state, locap and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .