Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Otsego County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 23 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. Bassett Healthcare Network'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASU, PACU, OPCU - provides post-anesthesia monitoring, recovery, discharge readiness assessmentAmbulatory Surgery | 3.0 | None | None | 5 | 0 | Yes |
| Interventional cardiology/Cardiovascular Recovery UnitCardiac Catheterization/EP | 2.5 | None | None | 7 | 2 | Yes |
| ICU-provides intensive care for high-acuity and unstable patients requiring continuous assessmentCritical Care | 2.0 | None | None | 9 | 2 | Yes |
| Inpatient Dialysis-Provide advanced dialysis care and a full spectrum of renal replacement therapiesDialysis - Acute | 2.5 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Dialysis clinic providing outpatient incenter hemodialysisDialysis O/P | 17.0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| EDEmergency Department | 4.0 | None | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | Yes |
| Medical 2 - provides 24/7 inpatient medical care for patients requiring hospitalizationMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | None | None | 6 | 2 | Yes |
| Medical 3-provides 24/7 inpatient medical care for adult patients requiring hospitalizationMedical/Surgical | 5.1 | None | None | 8 | 4 | Yes |
| Surgical Unit - provides 24/7 care for patients requiring inpatient medical-surgical managementMedical/Surgical | 5.1 | None | None | 10 | 5 | Yes |
| Birthing Center and Labor and Delivery ORObstetrics/Gynecology | 3.6 | None | 3.6 | 6 | 0 | Yes |
| OR - provides intraoperative nursing support and technical support for scheduled and unscheduledOther | 1.0 | None | None | 14 | 0 | Yes |
| Radiology-Provides care of patients undergoing both diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine proceduOther | 3.0 | None | None | 5 | 0 | Yes |
| Include clinics such as Bassett Prime Care, Outpatient Pediatrics, Women’s Health, specialty clinicsOutpatient Clinics | None | None | None | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| PediatricsPediatric | 4.0 | None | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| PsychiatryPsychiatry | 7.0 | None | None | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Special Care UnitStepdown | 3.4 | None | None | 8 | 2 | Yes |
| ASU/PACU/OPCUAmbulatory Surgery | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| Intensive Care UnitCritical Care | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| Medical 3Medical/Surgical | None | None | 5.1 | None | None | Yes |
| Medical2Medical/Surgical | None | None | 5.0 | None | None | Yes |
| Surgical unitMedical/Surgical | None | None | 5.1 | None | None | Yes |
| Inpatient PsychiatryPsychiatry | None | None | 7.0 | None | None | Yes |
| Special Care unitStepdown | None | None | 3.4 | None | None | Yes |
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 5.1 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), stepdown units 3.4 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.7), emergency department units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 3.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6) and pediatric units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.8). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports no collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff.
Did Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Yes, on every unit and shift of the plan, by the plan's own answers.
Is Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital hiring?
Bassett Healthcare Network 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, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (PFI 0746)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/mary-imogene-bassett-hospital