Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center (Dutchess County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 32 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. Westchester Medical Center Health 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is another area for our pre- surgical patients both adult and peds.Ambulatory Surgery | 3.0 | None | None | 1.67 | 0 | No |
| This unit provides care to pre and post operating room patients .Ambulatory Surgery | 3.0 | None | None | 4.13 | 1 | No |
| This unit is our out patient cardiac cath lab and cardiology areasCardiac Catheterization/EP | 1.0 | None | None | 5 | 5 | Yes |
| 4 Thorne- Inpatient Detox ( Contiguous to 4 Thorne Inpatient Chemical Dependency Rehab)Chemical Dependency | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.64 | 2 | No |
| Emergency Room that provides care to Adult and Pediatric patients in the hospital.Emergency Department | 4.0 | None | None | 9 | 7 | No |
| Critical Care- Intensive Care UnitIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 1 | No |
| 4 Cooke- Inpatient Surgical Total Joint Unit ( contiguous to Physical Medicine and Rehab Unit)Medical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.13 | 0.08 | No |
| 5 Cooke- Inpatient Medical- Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | 4.63 | 3.09 | No |
| 6 Cooke- Inpatient Medical- Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.67 | 3.11 | No |
| The Operating Room provides care to adult and pediatric patients. The unit is located main hospital.Other | 1.0 | None | None | 10.27 | 5 | No |
| This is a post anesthesia care unit. Provides post op recovery care to adult and pediatric patientsOther | 2.0 | None | None | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| This is our Operating Room providing care to our adult and pediatric patients AtriumOther | 1.0 | None | None | 5.14 | 1 | No |
| This unit is our diagnostic procedural area. Interventional cases are performed here. IROther | 1.0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| This is our wound care and hyperbaric clinic.Outpatient Clinics | 2.0 | None | None | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Pediatric- InpatientPediatric | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.93 | 0.37 | No |
| 4 Spellman- Inpatient Psychiatric UnitPsychiatry | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | No |
| 5 Spellman- Inpatient Psychiatric UnitPsychiatry | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | 2.73 | 2.73 | No |
| 5 Thorne - Inpatient Psychiatric UnitPsychiatry | None | None | None | 1.33 | 1.33 | No |
| 4 Cooke- Physical Medicine and Rehab Unit ( contiguous to 4 Cooke Surgical Total Joint Unit)Rehabilitaion | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.46 | 1.17 | No |
| 4 Thorne- Inpatient Chemical Dependency Rehab Unit ( contiguous to 4 Thorne Inpatient Detox Unit)Rehabilitaion | 12.0 | None | None | 0.98 | 1 | No |
| Critical Care- Progressive Care UnitStepdown | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 1.16 | No |
| This is our same day surgery department, providing pre and post care.Ambulatory Surgery | None | 3.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 4 Thorne- Inpatient Chemical Dependency Rehab Unit ( contiguous to 4 Thorne Inpatient Detox Unit)Chemical Dependency | None | 12.0 | 12.0 | None | None | No |
| Below unit is our adult and pediatric emergency department.Emergency Department | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | No |
| This is our diagnostic procedural area. Interventional cases are done here.Other | None | 1.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| This is our post anesthesia care unit.Other | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| This is the Main OR at MHRH.Other | None | 1.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 5 Thorne- Inpatient Psychiatric UnitPsychiatry | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| This ER provides care to adult and pediatric populations.Emergency Department | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 5 Cooke- Inpatient Medical Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| This is our Main OR open and staffed for emergency cases.Other | None | None | 1.0 | None | None | No |
| 5 Spellman- In patient Psychiatric UnitPsychiatry | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | No |
Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 6.0 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), stepdown units 4.0 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), pediatric units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.8) and psychiatry units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center a union hospital?
Its plan reports no collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff.
Did Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 46 of the plan's 52 unit-and-shift plans (among them This is another area for our pre- surgical patients both adult and peds., This unit provides care to pre and post operating room patients ., 4 Thorne- Inpatient Detox ( Contiguous to 4 Thorne Inpatient Chemical Dependency Rehab) and Emergency Room that provides care to Adult and Pediatric patients in the hospital.), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center hiring?
Westchester Medical Center Health 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, Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center (PFI 0180)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/mid-hudson-valley-division-of-westchester-medical-center