Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Bon Secours Community Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Bon Secours Community Hospital (Orange County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 15 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. Westchester Medical Center Health Network's open jobs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same Day SurgeryAmbulatory Surgery | 4.3 | 2.0 | None | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| New Directions: Chemical Addiction Acute and RehabChemical Dependency | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| ICU: Intensive Care UnitCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | No |
| Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | No |
| Outpatient Infusion ServicesInfusion Services | 4.0 | None | None | 2.5 | 1 | No |
| Medical Surgical BariatricsMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | No |
| Medical Surgical, 3rd FloorMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | None | None | 4 | 2 | No |
| Interventional Radiology & Imaging DepartmentNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 6.0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | No |
| Operating RoomOther | 2.2 | None | None | 6 | 5 | No |
| Outpatient Wound ClinicOther | 8.0 | None | None | 1.5 | 0 | Yes |
| Post Anesthesia Care UnitOther | 4.3 | 2.0 | None | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Pre-Admission TestingOther | 13.0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | No |
| 2 west: Adult Mental Health UnitPsychiatry | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | No |
| Medical Surgical 3rd FloorMedical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| Float PoolOther | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
Bon Secours Community Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Bon Secours Community Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 5.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), critical care units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), emergency department units 8.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), psychiatry units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0), ambulatory surgery units 4.3 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and chemical dependency units 7.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 9.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Bon Secours Community Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (497 employees, contract to 1 Oct 2026).
Did Bon Secours Community Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 21 of the plan's 29 unit-and-shift plans (among them ICU: Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Outpatient Infusion Services and Medical Surgical Bariatrics), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Bon Secours Community Hospital hiring?
Westchester Medical Center Health Network has its open jobs here, read from its own job board every day.
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, Bon Secours Community Hospital (PFI 0708)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Bon Secours Community Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/bon-secours-community-hospital