Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (Erie County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 8 units and each shift, the planned number of RNs and the planned patients one RN cares for, set by a committee at least half made of frontline staff.
Every unit, every shift
Planned patients per RN by shift, the planned RNs and aides on the day shift, and whether the committee reached consensus.
| Unit | Day | Evening | Night | RNs (day) | Aides (day) | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare and discharge patients for OR and all infusions and transfusions (pass through unit)Ambulatory Surgery | 6.0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Emergency Department. 7 bed, 24 hours Staffed ED serves approximately 11000 pts/yrEmergency Department | 3.0 | None | None | 2.5 | 1 | Yes |
| Medical/Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | None | None | 2 | 2 | No |
| Operating rooms- Elective outpatient surgeries and colonoscopiesOther | 1.0 | None | None | 2.5 | 2 | Yes |
| prepare and discharge all OR patients, they also do infusions and transfusions (Pass through unit)Ambulatory Surgery | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 24 hour ED department- 7 beds, sees 11000 pt/yearEmergency Department | None | 3.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| medical/ surgical unitMedical/Surgical | None | 5.0 | 5.0 | None | None | No |
| Emergency Department 7 bed, staffed 24 hours, 11000 pts/yrEmergency Department | None | None | 3.0 | None | None | Yes |
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), ambulatory surgery units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and other units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.8). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Bertrand Chaffee Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (38 employees, contract to 15 May 2027) and SEIU 1199 (155 employees, contract to 13 Sep 2027).
Did Bertrand Chaffee Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 3 of the plan's 9 unit-and-shift plans (among them Medical/Surgical Unit and medical/ surgical unit), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Sources and method
The plan as the Department publishes it in its normalized form, read table by table. "Patients per RN" is the plan's planned average number of patients one RN cares for on the unit and shift; procedural units (a cath lab, endoscopy) plan few by their nature. Read 9 Nov 2026. Every New York hospital.
- New York State Department of Health, hospital clinical staffing plans 2026-2027, Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (PFI 0280)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Bertrand Chaffee Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/bertrand-chaffee-hospital