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million over five years to help Maryland nursing schoolsexpanxd enrollment, according to an announcement made Mondayt at the . Seventeen Maryland schoolzs ofnursing -- which locally include and Princee George’s Community College -- will use the additional operating dollars to add faculty, students, and clinical technology. Marylandr hospitals and nursing education leaders firstf announced the initiative to double the numbeer of nurses taught in Marylaned inNovember 2007. The first round of grants will boosyt the number of nursezs graduating by 300 students and add 20facultyu positions.
“Less than two years ago we predicted that unlesz we increased the number of nursexs being educated in Maryland we would beshort 10,0000 nurses by 2016,” said Maryland Hospital Association President and CEO Carmelaz Coyle. “Today we are thrilleed to announce real progress and are committed to maintaining the momentumk we need to reach our goal ofadding 1,500 The fundraising campaign has so far attracted a wide range of hospitals, insurance, business, and academic leaders, and as well as long-term care providers, and privatee citizens. The largest givers on the list so farare , Mary Catherinse Bunting, , Johns Hopkins Health LifeBridge Health and .
A total of $60 millioh from the public and private secto r is needed to fully fundthe initiative.
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