Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo (Erie County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DialysisDialysis O/P | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| EmergencyEmergency Department | 5.0 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 9 | 3.5 | Yes |
| InfusionInfusion Services | 2.5 | 0.5 | None | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Pediatric Intensive CareIntensive Care | 2.0 | None | None | 6.5 | 1.5 | Yes |
| Neonatal Intensive Care UnitNeonatal | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 24.5 | 2 | Yes |
| Labor and DeliveryObstetrics/Gynecology | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15 | 2 | No |
| Mother Baby Unit (J8)Obstetrics/Gynecology | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.33 | 2 | Yes |
| Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)Other | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0 | No |
| ImagingOther | 1.7 | 2.0 | None | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| Operating RoomOther | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | Yes |
| PACU; Pre & post opOther | 2.2 | 2.3 | None | 18 | 3 | Yes |
| Clinical Decision Unit/Overflow/ObservationPediatric | 2.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Hematology/Oncology (J12S)Pediatric | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | No |
| J10 (Medical/Surgical)Pediatric | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.25 | 2 | Yes |
| J11 (Medical/Surgical)Pediatric | 4.0 | None | 4.0 | 5.5 | 2 | Yes |
| Pediatric Intensive Care UnitIntensive Care | None | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| Clinical Decision Unit/Overflow/OberservationPediatric | None | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| J11Pediatric | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: intensive care units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), emergency department units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 3.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6), pediatric units 3.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.8), neonatal units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0) and dialysis o/p units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.3). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (719 employees, contract to 31 May 2028).
Did Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 9 of the plan's 41 unit-and-shift plans (among them Labor and Delivery, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) and Hematology/Oncology (J12S)), 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, Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo (PFI 0208)
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