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

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandenursing schools, will be used to lure faculty and students, and improved technology at the universities. Maryland’s nursing shortagw is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancy rate of nursee at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helped the industryh because many retired nurses have come backto work, but once the recessiom ends the shortage will said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylandx Hospital Association. The first rounrd of grants will increase the numbe of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculty positions at nursinvg programs acrossthe state.
“The number of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronal d B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingy demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursintg students. The program has raisedr $15.5 million to date through the state’s businesx community, including funds from the Baltimore constructiomnform , , the region's largesyt hospital system, and , the region's largest healthy insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisse $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal • • • • • • ; and, .