Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Degraff Memorial Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Degraff Memorial Hospital (Niagara County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeGraff Medical Park is an off campus free-standing full-service Emergency Department.Emergency Department | 5.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5 | 2 | No |
Degraff Memorial Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Degraff Memorial Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: emergency department units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Degraff Memorial Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: Communication Workers of America (43 employees).
Did Degraff Memorial Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 3 of the plan's 3 unit-and-shift plans (among them DeGraff Medical Park is an off campus free-standing full-service Emergency Department.), 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, Degraff Memorial Hospital (PFI 0581)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Degraff Memorial Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/degraff-memorial-hospital