الخميس، 12 يناير 2012

Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursinv schools, will be used to lure facultyy and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reach 10,000 by according to the . The curren t vacancy rate of nurses at state hospitals is8 percent. The economic downturn has helped the industr y because many retired nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagewill worsen, said Carmelas Coyle, CEO of the Marylanxd Hospital Association.
The first round of grantxs will increase the number of nurses graduatin by 300 students and add 20 faculty positiond at nursing programs acrossthe “The number of nurses graduatinh from Maryland schools are simply not enough,” said Ronalsd B. Peterson, president of and co-chair of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursinbg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500p new nursing students. The program has raised $15.
55 million to date through the state’s businese community, including funds from the Baltimore constructionform , , the region'sa largest hospital system, and , the region's largestt health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical for example, gave $500,000. The goal is to raiser $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anadditionm $40 million in state, local and federal • • • • • • ; and, .

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