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The grants, being divvied amonv 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facultt and students, and improve technologhy at the universities. Maryland’s nursing shortagre is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacanch rate of nurses at state hospitals is 8 The economic downturn has helped the industrh because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagerwill worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association.
The first round of grantzs will increase the numberf of nurses graduating by 300 studenta and add 20 faculty positions at nursinh programs acrossthe “The number of nurses graduating from Marylaned schools are simply not said Ronald B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Wh o 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 nursing The program has raise $15.5 million to date throughb the state’s business community, includinh funds from the Baltimore construction form , , the region'ws largest hospital system, and , the region'w largest health insurer.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raisr $20 million from the privated sector by the end of the and then raise anadditiomn $40 million in state, local and federao funds. • • • • • ; and, • .