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

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Maryland nursing will be used to lure faculty and and improve technology atthe universities. Maryland’s nursing shortagew is expected toreach 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The curren t vacancy rate of nursee at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helped the industry because many retireds nurses have come backto work, but once the recessio n ends the shortage will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylandx Hospital Association. The first round of grants will increase the numbe r of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultyu positions at nursing programa acrossthe state.
“The number of nurses graduatinf from Maryland schools are simply not saidRonald B. Peterson, presidenty of and co-chair of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference Monday. “Ws cannot take our eye off thenursinv demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p0 new nursing students. The prograj has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’z business community, including funds from the Baltimorew constructionform , , the region'z largest hospital system, and , the region'sa largest health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raise $20 million from the private sectoe by the end ofthe year, and then raise an additionb $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • ; and, • .