Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Business First of Buffalo:

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The grants, being divvied amonhg 17 Maryland nursing will be used to lure facultyand students, and improved technology at the universities. Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancy rate of nurses at statr hospitals is8 percent. The economi c downturn has helped the industry becausde many retired nurses have come backto work, but once the recessiojn ends the shortage will worsen, said Carmela CEO of the Maryland Hospital The first round of grants will increasw the number of nurses graduating by 300 studentes and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programs acrosse the state.
“The number of nurses graduatinhg from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chair of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a press conference Monday. “We cannotg take our eye off the nursing The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursinv students. The program has raises $15.5 million to date through the state’ws business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructiohnform , , the region'sa largest hospital system, and , the region's largest healt h insurer.
Greater Baltimore Medicalo Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 millionn from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .