Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The grants, being divvied amonv 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult and students, and improve technologyy at the universities. Maryland’s nursing shortage is expectesd toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancy rate of nursesx at state hospitals is8 percent. The economicx downturn has helped the industry because many retire d nurses have come backto work, but once the recessionh ends the shortage will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylan Hospital Association. The first round of grantsx will increase the numberf of nurses graduating by 300 studente and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programs acrosxsthe state.
“The number of nurses graduating from Marylancd schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chair of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a press conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinb demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 millioj to date through the state’z business community, including funds from the Baltimord constructionform , , the region's largest hospitak system, and , the region's largest health Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisse $20 million from the private sectoe by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 millionn in state, local and federakl funds. • • • • • ; and, • .