The following article (published in Nursing Economics 39(2), 78-89) looks
at statewide initiatives to address registered nurse and nursing faculty
shortages funded through a percentage of pooled hospital based revenue are
described and evaluated. From 2016-2020, $90 million was awarded to 24
nursing programs for 106 competitive institutional grants and 532 faculty
to prepare for or advance in teaching roles. Outcomes included increasing
doctoral degree conferrals by 73% and adding 162 full-time and 190
part-time faculty to the workforce. Director of the Nurse Support Program
II and Outreach and Grants Management for the Maryland Higher Education
Commission (MHEC) contributed to the article. ( Daw, P., Mills, M.E. &
Seldomridge, L. (2021). The Maryland Nurse Support Program II: A Program
Evaluation of Faculty Workforce Initiative, Nursing Economics)