Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
BronxCare Hospital Center: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan BronxCare Hospital Center (Yates County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 19 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. BronxCare Health System'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRC-4 Chemical Dependence RehabilitationChemical Dependency | 18.4 | None | None | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (Adult and Pediatric)Emergency Department | 6.0 | None | None | 8 | 10 | No |
| Chemical Dependence- Withdrawal O/P LRC-3Mental Health Services O/P | 3.3 | None | None | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Opioid Treatment ProgramMental Health Services O/P | 94.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| 5 Franklin, Child and Adolescent UnitPsychiatry | 5.0 | None | None | 4 | 9 | Yes |
| 6 Franklin, Adult, FultonPsychiatry | 5.0 | None | None | 4 | 4 | No |
| 7 Franklin, Adult FultonPsychiatry | 5.0 | 5.0 | None | 4 | 4 | No |
| 8th Floor , Adult, FultonPsychiatry | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | No |
| Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program ( CPEP)Emergency Department | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | No |
| LRC-4Mental Health Services O/P | None | 18.4 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 5 Franklin, Child and Adolesent , FultonPsychiatry | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 6 Franklin , Adult , Fulton campusPsychiatry | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | No |
| LRC-3 Chemical Dependence DetoxificationPsychiatry | None | 3.3 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Department (CPEP)Emergency Department | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | Yes |
| LRC -3, Chemical Dependence DetoxificationMental Health Services O/P | None | None | 3.3 | None | None | Yes |
| LRC 4 Chemical Dependence Rehabilitation OutpatientMental Health Services O/P | None | None | 18.4 | None | None | Yes |
| 5 Franklin , Child and Adolescent, FultonPsychiatry | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
| 6 Franklin Adult, FultonPsychiatry | None | None | 5.0 | None | None | Yes |
| 7 Franklin, Adult , FultonPsychiatry | None | None | 5.0 | None | None | Yes |
BronxCare Hospital Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at BronxCare Hospital Center?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: emergency department units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), psychiatry units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0), chemical dependency units 18.4 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 9.0) and mental health services o/p units 48.7 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 9.5). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is BronxCare Hospital Center a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (710 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2028) and SEIU 1199 (305 employees, contract to 1 Oct 2026).
Did BronxCare Hospital Center's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 8 of the plan's 22 unit-and-shift plans (among them Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (Adult and Pediatric), 6 Franklin, Adult, Fulton, 7 Franklin, Adult Fulton and 8th Floor , Adult, Fulton), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is BronxCare Hospital Center hiring?
BronxCare Health System 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, BronxCare Hospital Center (PFI 1164)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). BronxCare Hospital Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/bronxcare-hospital-center