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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursinyg schools, will be used to lure facultyh and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’s nursingv shortage is expected toreacb 10,000 by 2016, according to the . The currenyt vacancy rate of nurses at stats hospitals is8 percent. The economic downturn has helped the industryu because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagewill worsen, said Carmela CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. The first roune of grants will increase the numbetr of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultyu positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The numberf of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplytnot enough,” said Ronald B. Peterson, president of and co-chaidr of the “Who Will Care?” campaign at a press conferenc Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursing demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500p new nursing students. The program has raised $15.6 million to date through the state’s business including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region's larges hospital system, and , the region' largest health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medicapl Center, for example, gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisd $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
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