Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - The Business Review (Albany):

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Maryland nursing will be used to lure facultyand students, and improvre technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reachn 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helpedc the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagwill worsen, said Carmelaw Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital The first round of grants will increasew the number of nurses graduating by 300 studentd and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programds across the state.
“The number of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simply not saidRonald B. Peterson, president of and co-chaif of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a presxs conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursingf demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,509 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 milliojn to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'ds largest hospital system, and , the region'es largest health insurer.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 million from the private sector by the end ofthe year, and then raise an additioh $40 million in state, local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .