McDaniel College and LifeBridge Health Announce Landmark Partnership

Leaders from LifeBridge Health and McDaniel College joined together at Carroll Hospital on Oct. 30 to announce a landmark partnership that not only helps to address the nursing shortage in Carroll County and the surrounding region through McDaniel’s new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program, but also benefits McDaniel students and LifeBridge Health team members.

Carroll Hospital worked with McDaniel to build the college’s B.S.N. program, which is helping to address the need for qualified nurses by combining the liberal arts with the technical knowledge and skills to prepare future nurses who are practicing in diverse health care settings. This new partnership expands this effort by having McDaniel’s Nursing program housed at Carroll Hospital, including offices, Nursing classrooms, and labs.

Beginning in fall 2026, McDaniel’s Nursing students will have access to Carroll Hospital’s state-of-the-art facilities, including the Kahlert Foundation Simulation Center, and be provided early and frequent exposure to clinical work within a hospital setting.

In addition to Carroll Hospital, other LifeBridge Health locations in the Baltimore area — Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, and Grace Medical Center — will serve as the primary clinical site placement locations for all McDaniel Nursing students. McDaniel’s Nursing students will also be eligible for LifeBridge Health’s CARE BRAVELY scholarship if they make a commitment to working in the LifeBridge Health system after graduation.

Students in McDaniel’s first Nursing cohort, which began at the college this fall 2024 and will begin their studies at Carroll Hospital in their junior year, were in attendance, along with business and community leaders, as well as government officials.