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

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult and students, and improved technology at the universities. Maryland’as nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancy rate of nurses at statr hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helped the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortage will saidCarmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylan Hospital Association. The first round of grant s will increase the number of nurses graduatintg by 300 students and add 20 facultyu positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The number of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronal B. Peterson, president of and co-chait of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinyg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,5009 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’z business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'sz largest hospital system, and , the region's largest health Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 millioh from the private sectot by the end of the year, and then raise an addition $40 million in state, local and federak funds.
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