Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Kenmore Mercy Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Erie County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 27 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. Catholic Health (Buffalo)'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory surgery is a 24 bed unit located on the first floor of the hospital.Ambulatory Surgery | 2.6 | None | None | 7 | 2 | Yes |
| The dialysis unit is located on the 2nd floor and serves the in-patient areas.Dialysis - Acute | 1.3 | None | None | 2 | 0 | No |
| The dialysis unit is located on the 3rd floor and serves the in-patient areas.Dialysis - Acute | 1.3 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| The Emergency Department is a 25 bed unit which includes a FAST track area on the 1st floor.Emergency Department | 3.0 | None | None | 10 | 4 | No |
| ICU Intensive Care Unit. This unit is located on the 3rd floor.Intensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | No |
| 2 East - Medical Surgical. This unit is located on the 2nd floor.Medical/Surgical | 4.7 | 4.7 | None | 6 | 5 | No |
| 2 West - Medical Surgical. This unit is located on the 2nd floor.Medical/Surgical | 5.0 | None | None | 5 | 5 | No |
| 2 South - Surgical Unit. This unit is located on the 2nd floor.Orthopedics | 4.7 | None | None | 3 | 3 | No |
| Cardiology - Stress Unit is a procedural area located on the 3rd floor of the hospitalOther | 2.5 | None | None | 2 | 1.5 | No |
| Interventional Radiology IXR is a procedural area located on the 1st floor of the hospital.Other | 2.8 | None | None | 3.5 | 0 | No |
| Operating Rooms - 10 - are located on the first floor of the hospital.Other | 1.6 | 1.5 | None | 11 | 4 | No |
| Post Anesthesia Recovery Unit PACU is located on the first floor of the hospitalOther | 2.4 | None | None | 5 | 2 | No |
| Pre Surgical Testing is located on the first floor of the hospitalOther | 9.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| Medical Rehabilitation Unit. This nursing unit is located on the 2nd floor.Rehabilitaion | 4.2 | None | None | 5 | 5 | No |
| 3 East - Medical Surgical Telemetry. This unit is located on the 3rd floor.Telemetry | 4.0 | None | None | 6 | 4 | No |
| The ambulatory surgery unit is a 24 bed unit located on the first floor of the hospital.Ambulatory Surgery | None | 2.8 | None | None | None | Yes |
| This unit is located on the 2nd floor of the hospital and serves the in-patient areasDialysis - Acute | None | 1.0 | None | None | None | No |
| The Emergency Department is a 25 bed unit that includes a FAST track area located on the 1st floorEmergency Department | None | 3.8 | None | None | None | No |
| 2 West Medical Surgical. This unit on the 2nd floor.Medical/Surgical | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 2 South - Surgical. This unit is on the 2nd floor.Orthopedics | None | 4.7 | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| Post Anesthesia Recovery Unit PACU located on the first floor of the hospitalOther | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | No |
| Medical Rehabilitation Unit. This unit is located on the 2nd floor.Rehabilitaion | None | 4.0 | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 3 East Medical/Surgical/Telemetry. This unit is located on the 3rd floor.Telemetry | None | 4.5 | None | None | None | No |
| The Emergency Department is a 25 bed unit which includes the FAST track area located on the 1st floorEmergency Department | None | None | 2.7 | None | None | No |
| 2 East Medical/Surgical. This unit is on the 2nd floor.Medical/Surgical | None | None | 4.2 | None | None | No |
| 2 West Medical Surgical. This unit is on the 2nd floor.Medical/Surgical | None | None | 5.0 | None | None | No |
| 3 East Medical/Surgical/Telemetry. This unit is on the 3rd Floor.Telemetry | None | None | 4.8 | None | None | No |
Kenmore Mercy Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Kenmore Mercy Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 4.9 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), intensive care units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), telemetry units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), ambulatory surgery units 2.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and dialysis - acute units 1.3 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 Kenmore Mercy Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: Communication Workers of America (584 employees) and UFCW (240 employees).
Did Kenmore Mercy Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 30 of the plan's 33 unit-and-shift plans (among them The dialysis unit is located on the 2nd floor and serves the in-patient areas., The Emergency Department is a 25 bed unit which includes a FAST track area on the 1st floor., ICU Intensive Care Unit. This unit is located on the 3rd floor. and 2 East - Medical Surgical. This unit is located on the 2nd floor.), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Kenmore Mercy Hospital hiring?
Catholic Health (Buffalo) 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, Kenmore Mercy Hospital (PFI 0267)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Kenmore Mercy Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/kenmore-mercy-hospital