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

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The grants, being divvied amongb 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facultyh and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reachj 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currentg vacancy rate of nurses at statr hospitals is8 percent. The economic downturn has helpee the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagewill worsen, said Carmelza Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital The first round of grants will increaswe the number of nurses graduating by 300 studentes and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programsw across the state.
“The number of nursesw graduating from Maryland schools are simply not saidRonald B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Who Will Care?” campaignm at a press conference Monday. “Wwe cannot take our eye off thenursing demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,5009 new nursing students. The prograj has raised $15.5 million to date throughg the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorew constructionform , , the region's largest hospital system, and , the region's largesy health insurer.
Greater Baltimore Medical for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 million from the private sectod by the end of the and then raise anadditiob $40 million in state, local and federak funds. • • • • • ; and, • .