Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Long Island Jewish Forest Hills (Queens County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 21 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. Northwell Health'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provides preparation for surgery/procedures and provides phase 2 recovery post surgery/procedureAmbulatory Surgery | 3.4 | 8.5 | None | 5 | 1 | Yes |
| ICUCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | No |
| Acute dialysis unit providing comprehensive inpatient renal replacement therapyDialysis - Acute | 2.8 | 2.8 | None | 2 | 1 | No |
| Department specializing in emergency medicine for pediatric and adult patientsEmergency Department | 12.6 | 12.5 | 19.7 | 11 | 4 | No |
| Endoscopy UnitEndoscopy | 1.8 | None | None | 5 | 2 | Yes |
| 4 NorthMedical/Surgical | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 4 | 3 | No |
| 4 SouthMedical/Surgical | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | No |
| 5 SouthMedical/Surgical | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | No |
| 6 NorthMedical/Surgical | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | No |
| 6 SouthMedical/Surgical | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | No |
| Newborn NurseryNeonatal | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Interventional Radiology - minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseasesNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 1.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Labor and DeliveryObstetrics/Gynecology | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4 | 1 | No |
| Post Partum UnitObstetrics/Gynecology | 3.0 | None | None | 3 | 2 | No |
| Cardiology department performing nuclear medicine and cardiac proceduresOther | 11.5 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Operating Room performing inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures.Other | 2.8 | 4.0 | None | 10 | 9 | Yes |
| PACU - Perform post anesthesia care required to recover patients post procedures and/or surgeryOther | 7.0 | 5.6 | None | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| 5 NorthTelemetry | 7.3 | None | 7.3 | 4 | 3 | No |
| Dedicated area where endoscopic procedures are performed for both inpatient and ambulatory patients.Endoscopy | None | 4.5 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 5 NorthMedical/Surgical | None | 7.3 | None | None | None | No |
| Postpartum UnitObstetrics/Gynecology | None | 5.0 | 5.0 | None | None | No |
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 8.0 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), telemetry units 7.3 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 12.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 2.9 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6) and neonatal units 4.3 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 Long Island Jewish Forest Hills a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (1,260 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Long Island Jewish Forest Hills's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 32 of the plan's 45 unit-and-shift plans (among them ICU, Acute dialysis unit providing comprehensive inpatient renal replacement therapy, Department specializing in emergency medicine for pediatric and adult patients and 4 North), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hiring?
Northwell Health 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, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills (PFI 1638)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Long Island Jewish Forest Hills nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/long-island-jewish-forest-hills