Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - San Francisco Business Times:

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The grants, being divvied amonv 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure faculth and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’s nursintg shortage is expected toreach 10,00o0 by 2016, according to the . The currenyt vacancy rate of nursesz at state hospitals is8 percent. The economifc downturn has helped the industry because many retirer nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagewill worsen, said Carmela CEO of the Maryland Hospitaol Association. The first round of grants will increase the numbe r of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultyu positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The numbe of nurses graduating from Maryland schoolxs are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chair of the “Whoo Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off the nursing The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursingg students. The program has raisecd $15.5 million to date through the state’d business community, including funds from the Baltimores constructionform , , the region's largest hospital system, and , the region'sd largest health insurer. Greater Baltimord Medical Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisr $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .