With Pennsylvania facing an RN shortage of 16,100 by 2010 and an LPN shortage of 4,100 in four years, Gov. Edward Rendell said the state will invest $41 million to help remedy the nursing shortfall. Rendell proposes to provide incentives for hospitals to lend qualified faculty to nursing programs that can expand their class size this academic year. The plan also provides for the expansion of clinical education opportunities necessary for nursing education and provides planning grants to expanding nursing programs. “We’re not short of Pennsylvanians who want to become nurses, but we are short the capacity needed to train them,” Rendell said.
