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The grants, being divvied among 17 Maryland nursing will be used to lure facultuand students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reacn 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancyg rate of nurses at stated hospitals is8 percent. The economi downturn has helped the industrg because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortage will saidCarmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylane Hospital Association. The firsty round of grants will increas e the number of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculth positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“Ther number of nurses graduatingv from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronalrd B. Peterson, president of and co-chaidr of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a press conference Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinvg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,5009 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 millionm to date through the state’s business including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'se largest hospital system, and , the region'sw largest health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medicalp Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raise $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 milliobn in state, local and federal • • • • • • ; and, .