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

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The grants, being divviesd among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facultyh and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expectedr to reach 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currentr vacancy rate of nursexs at state hospitals is8 percent. The economiv downturn has helped the industr because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagewill worsen, said Carmelqa Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. The first round of grantsx will increase the number of nurses graduating by 300 studentas and add 20 faculty positionsz at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“Thes number of nurses graduating from Marylan d schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronaldc B. Peterson, president of and co-chait of the “Who Will campaign at a presw conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursingh demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,5090 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.56 million to date through the state’s business including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'sw largest hospital system, and , the region's largest healthu insurer. Greater Baltimore Medicalo Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to rais $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in state, local and federall funds. • • • • • ; and, • .