Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square (Bronx County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 7 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. Montefiore Einstein'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "MWSQ ASU / PACU II Type: Pre/Postoperative includes Phase II. Days/ Hrs. Mon-Fri. 6am-8:30pm."Ambulatory Surgery | 3.0 | 1.0 | None | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| "Montefiore Westchester Square ED CC# 170571 Type: Freestanding Emergency Department Days/ Hrs.:Emergency Department | 3.2 | None | None | 6 | 1 | No |
| "MWSQ OR Type: Perioperative Services - Based at hospital. OR-Reduced staff after hours. Operating ROther | 3.0 | None | None | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| MWSQ PACU Type: Perioperative Services - Based at hospital. Postoperative includes Phase I. Days/ HOther | 4.0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| "Montefiore Westchester Square ED CC# 170571 Type: Freestanding Emergency Department Days/ Hrs.: 24 HRS/7 DAY"Emergency Department | None | 3.6 | 1.8 | None | None | No |
| "MWSQ OR Type: Perioperative Services - Based at hospital. OR-Reduced staff after hours. Operating Room. Shifts stagger. Days/ Hrs.: Mon-Fri. 7am-3:3Other | None | 3.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| "MWSQ PACU Type: Perioperative Services - Based at hospital. Postoperative includes Phase I. Days/ Hrs.: Mon-Fri. 6am-8:30pm."Other | None | 1.5 | None | None | None | Yes |
Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: emergency department units 3.2 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), ambulatory surgery units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and other units 3.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.8). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (47 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2028) and SEIU 1199 (82 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 3 of the plan's 12 unit-and-shift plans (among them "Montefiore Westchester Square ED CC# 170571 Type: Freestanding Emergency Department Days/ Hrs.: and "Montefiore Westchester Square ED CC# 170571 Type: Freestanding Emergency Department Days/ Hrs.: 24 HRS/7 DAY"), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square hiring?
Montefiore Einstein 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, Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square (PFI 1185)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/montefiore-medical-center-montefiore-westchester-square