Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Columbia Memorial Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Columbia Memorial Hospital (Columbia County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 10 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. Albany Med 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUAmbulatory Surgery | 5.0 | None | None | 10 | 1 | Yes |
| ICUCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| EDEmergency Department | 6.2 | 40.0 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 3 | Yes |
| GEUEndoscopy | 8.0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| Memorial 2Medical/Surgical | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Memorial 4Medical/Surgical | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7 | 4 | Yes |
| Memorial 6Medical/Surgical | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| Operating RoomOther | 1.5 | None | None | 12 | 1 | Yes |
| PACUOther | 3.6 | None | None | 5 | 0 | Yes |
| Memorial 5APsychiatry | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | Yes |
Columbia Memorial Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Columbia Memorial Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 4.3 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 6.2 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), psychiatry units 5.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0), ambulatory surgery units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and endoscopy units 8.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Columbia Memorial Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (710 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2027).
Did Columbia Memorial Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Yes, on every unit and shift of the plan, by the plan's own answers.
Is Columbia Memorial Hospital hiring?
Albany Med 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, Columbia Memorial Hospital (PFI 0146)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Columbia Memorial Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/columbia-memorial-hospital