Monday, April 4, 2011

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

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursinf schools, will be used to lure facultg and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reacgh 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currenft vacancy rate of nurses at statr hospitals is8 percent. The economi downturn has helped the industry because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortage will saidCarmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylancd Hospital Association. The first round of grants will increase the numbetr of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculty positionzs at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The number of nurseds graduating from Maryland schools are simply not saidRonald B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a press conference Monday. “We cannor take our eye off thenursing demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursing students. The progra m has raised $15.5 million to date througn the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region's largest hospitap system, and , the region's largest health Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 millionb from the private sector by the end of the year, and then raiswe an addition $40 million in state, locapl and federal funds.
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