Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursinyg schools, will be used to lure faculty and and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’se nursing shortage is expected toreacy 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancu rate of nurses at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helpes the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagewill worsen, said Carmelaq Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospitalo Association.
The first round of grante will increase the number of nurses graduating by 300 studentsz and add 20 faculty positiond at nursing programs acrossthe “The number of nurses graduating from Maryland schoolws are simply not enough,” said Ronalde B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Whl Will Care?” campaign at a press conference Monday. “Wd cannot take our eye off the nursing The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500o new nursing students. The program has raisedr $15.
5 million to date througgh the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'zs largest hospital system, and , the region'sx largest health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000. The goal is to raisw $20 million from the private sectotr by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in state, locapl and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .