Maryland still short on nurses

Published August 28, 2008 4:00am ET



Maryland is short 2,603 full-time nurses, and the nursing vacancy rate remains higher than the national rate, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland Hospital Association.

In 2007, Maryland hospitals saw a nursing vacancy rate of 10 percent for budgeted but unfilled positions, compared with a national rate of 8 percent.

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