Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Delaware Valley Hospital Inc: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Delaware Valley Hospital Inc (Delaware County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 7 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. United Health Services (New York)'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The ED - 24/7 and cares for patients with a wide variety and severity of illnesses and injuries.Emergency Department | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Endoscopy operates 6 days per month. Upper and lower GI endoscopies are performed.Endoscopy | 2.6 | None | None | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Ambulatory Services administers infusions, blood transfusions and performs phlebotomies.Other | 3.8 | None | None | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Cardiology Procedures - outpatient stress testing; held once per weekOther | 5.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Medical Unit - Swing Bed, acute medical and observation patients. Telemetry also.Other | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Walk-in unit on hospital premises operates 0800-1800, M- F, 0800-1400 on Saturdays for non-emergentOther | 12.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Outpatient cardiology clinic held once per week within the hospital.Outpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Delaware Valley Hospital Inc nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Delaware Valley Hospital Inc?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: emergency department units 3.9 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), endoscopy units 2.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0) and other units 4.8 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 Delaware Valley Hospital Inc a union hospital?
Its plan reports no collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff.
Did Delaware Valley Hospital Inc's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Yes, on every unit and shift of the plan, by the plan's own answers.
Is Delaware Valley Hospital Inc hiring?
United Health Services (New York) 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, Delaware Valley Hospital Inc (PFI 0174)
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