Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Garnet Health Medical Center: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Garnet Health Medical Center (Orange County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same Day Surgery - SDS - Perioperative Services - (See separate scope of service document)Ambulatory Surgery | 3.8 | 7.0 | None | 12 | 3 | No |
| Cardiac Cath Lab - (See separate scope of service document)Cardiac Catheterization/EP | 2.2 | None | None | 6 | 4 | No |
| CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SERVICES (CTOR) Cardiac Surgery Operations-(See scope of services document)Cardiovascular | 1.5 | None | None | 2 | 3 | Yes |
| Cardiac Rehab Unit - (2nd Floor) - (See separate scope of service document)Cardiovascular | 22.5 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Cardiology Nursing - (See separate scope of service document)Cardiovascular | 4.0 | None | None | 3 | 3 | No |
| 3 East (MICU) Pod 3 - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | No |
| 3 East (MICU) Pod 4 - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | No |
| 3 North Progressive Care (PCU) - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 4.0 | None | None | 6 | 2 | No |
| 3 South (Progressive Care Unit) - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 4.0 | 4.0 | None | 6 | 2 | No |
| 3 West (SICU) Pod 2 - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | No |
| 4 South Progressive Care Unit (PCU)- (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 4.0 | None | None | 6 | 2 | No |
| CT ICU 3 West - Pod 1 - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| Hemodialysis - (See separate scope of service document)Dialysis - Acute | 3.0 | None | None | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| Emergency Department, Children's ED, Behavioral Health Access Center UnitsEmergency Department | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 18 | 5 | No |
| Endoscopy (Perioperative Services) - (See separate scope of service document)Endoscopy | 2.0 | None | None | 10 | 4 | No |
| 2 South Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Medical/Surgical | 4.6 | None | None | 5 | 2 | No |
| 4 North Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Medical/Surgical | 5.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5 | 2 | No |
| 4 West Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Medical/Surgical | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 2 | No |
| 5 North Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Medical/Surgical | 5.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5 | 2 | No |
| 5 South Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Medical/Surgical | 4.8 | 6.0 | None | 5 | 2 | No |
| Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - NICU - 6th Floor - (See separate scope of service document)Neonatal | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Diagnostic Imaging - 1st Floor (See separate scope of service document)Nuclear Medicine/Radiology | 10.7 | None | None | 7 | 0 | Yes |
| Radiation Oncology - Outpatient Services - (See separate scope of service document)Nuclear Medicine/Radiology | 25.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| 6 South(Labor & Delivery) & 6 North(Mother Baby) Combined-RFBC-Rowley Family Birth Center(Weekends)Obstetrics/Gynecology | 2.2 | None | None | 9 | 2 | Yes |
| Rowley Family Birth Center RFBC - (6 South Labor & Delivery & 6 North Mother Baby) (Weekdays)Obstetrics/Gynecology | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 11 | 2 | Yes |
| 2 North (Oncology) Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Oncology | 5.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5 | 2 | No |
| Infusion Center - Oncology Services (Cancer Center 1st FL) - (Weekends)Oncology | 7.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Infusion Center - Oncology Services (Cancer Center 1st FL) -(See separate scope of service document)Oncology | 6.7 | None | None | 6 | 1 | Yes |
| OP Observation (2 West) - 2nd Floor - (See separate scope of service document)Other | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| OP Observation - (CDA) 1st Floor - (See separate scope of service document)Other | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| Operating Room - Surgical Services (OR - 1st FL) (Weekends)-(See separate scope of service document)Other | 35.0 | 12.5 | None | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Operating Room - Surgical Services (OR) (Weekdays) - (See separate scope of service document)Other | 3.5 | 3.2 | 35.0 | 13 | 5 | Yes |
| Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Perioperative Services - (See separate scope of service document)Other | 4.1 | 3.5 | None | 11 | 1 | No |
| Pre-Surgical Testing (PST) Perioperative Services - (See separate scope of service document)Other | 5.0 | None | None | 7 | 2 | Yes |
| 5 West (Pediatric) - (See separate scope of service document)Pediatric | 4.4 | None | None | 5 | 2 | Yes |
| 2 East Behavioral Health Unit (BHU Weekends) - (See separate scope of service document)Psychiatry | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 5 | No |
| 2 East Behavioral Health Unit (Weekdays) - (See separate scope of service document.)Psychiatry | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 4 | 5 | No |
| 4 East - Acute Rehabilitation Unit (4th Floor)(Weekdays) - (See separate scope of service document.)Rehabilitaion | 6.0 | 6.3 | None | 4 | 3 | No |
| 4 East - Acute Rehabilitation Unit (4th Floor)(Weekends) - (See separate scope of service document.)Rehabilitaion | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 3 | 3 | No |
| 3 North (Progressive Care Unit) - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 4 South Progressive Care Unit (PCU) - (See separate scope of service document)Critical Care | None | 4.0 | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 2 South (Surgical) Medical Surgical - (See separate scope of service document)Medical/Surgical | None | 5.8 | 5.8 | None | None | No |
| Rowley Family Birth Center RFBC - (6 South Labor & Delivery & 6 North Mother Baby) (Weekends)Obstetrics/Gynecology | None | 3.6 | 2.2 | None | None | Yes |
| 5 West (Pediatric) - (See separate scope of service document)Other | None | 5.5 | 5.5 | None | None | Yes |
| 5 South Medical SurgicalMedical/Surgical | None | None | 6.5 | None | None | No |
| 3 North (Progressive Care) - (See separate scope of service document)Other | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 3 South (Progressive Care Unit) - (See separate scope of service document)Other | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 4 East (Rehab)Rehabilitaion | None | None | 6.3 | None | None | No |
Garnet Health Medical Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Garnet Health Medical Center?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 4.8 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 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 2.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6), pediatric units 4.4 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.8) and neonatal units 3.3 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 Garnet Health Medical Center a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (1,000 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2025).
Did Garnet Health Medical Center's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 58 of the plan's 92 unit-and-shift plans (among them Same Day Surgery - SDS - Perioperative Services - (See separate scope of service document), Cardiac Cath Lab - (See separate scope of service document), Cardiology Nursing - (See separate scope of service document) and 3 East (MICU) Pod 3 - (See separate scope of service document)), 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, Garnet Health Medical Center (PFI 0699)
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Garnet Health Medical Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/garnet-health-medical-center