Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital (Bronx County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Wakefield Peri-Anesthesia ASU: 5 Days 6:00am-7:00pm PACU:5 Days 7:00am - 12:30am; No OnCall"Ambulatory Surgery | 2.3 | 2.6 | None | 11 | 2.5 | Yes |
| 5 ICU Adult - Inpatient Critical Care-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYCritical Care | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 2 | Yes |
| "Wakefield Dialysis Acute/ Chronic. 6 Days 5:00am - 11:30pm - On call 11:00pm-6:00am Mon-Sat, SundaDialysis - Acute | 2.2 | None | None | 5.5 | 2 | Yes |
| Wakefield ED. 24 HRS/7 DAYEmergency Department | 5.5 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 6 | No |
| Wakefield GI/ Endoscopy. Mon - Fri 7am - 7pmEndoscopy | 3.0 | 1.7 | None | 5 | 4 | Yes |
| 3 North Adult - Inpatient Med-Surg Comb.-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4 | No |
| 4 North Adult - Inpatient Medical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4 | No |
| 4 South Adult - Inpatient Medical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4 | No |
| 5 North Adult - Inpatient Medical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 7 | Yes |
| 6 North Adult - Inpatient Surgical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 2.5 | No |
| 3 Neonatal ICU Neonatal - Inpatient Critical Care-Neonate Level III 24 HRS/7 DAYNeonatal | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1 | No |
| Wakefield Radiology. 24 HRS/7 DAYNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 6.0 | 4.0 | None | 4 | 22 | Yes |
| 3 Labor and Delivery Obstetric - Inpatient Labor and Delivery 24 HRS/7 DAYObstetrics/Gynecology | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | No |
| 3 South & Nursery Obstetric - Inpatient Mother/Baby 24 HRS/7 DAYObstetrics/Gynecology | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 2 | No |
| 6 East Adult - Inpatient Surgical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAYOrthopedics | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 4 | No |
| Wakefield OR/ PeriOp. 5 Days 7:00am-11:00pmOther | 1.8 | 1.8 | None | 13 | 15 | Yes |
| Wakefield Medical Village- Maternal Fetal Assessment. Mon- Fri. 8am - 5pmOutpatient Clinics | 20.0 | 4.0 | None | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Wakefield OB- GYN Department (Medical Village- OBGYN)Outpatient Clinics, Hrs of Operation Mon- Fri.Outpatient Clinics | 2.5 | None | None | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| 7 South Psychiatric Adult Psychiatric 24 HRS/7 DAYPsychiatry | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 6 | No |
| 4 East Rehab - Inpatient Adult Rehab 24 HRS/7 DAYRehabilitaion | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | No |
| "Wakefield Dialysis Acute/ Chronic. 6 Days 5:00am - 11:30pm - On call 11:00pm-6:00am Mon-Sat, Sunday all day 6:00am-6:00pm & 6:00pm-6:00am, RN shiftDialysis - Acute | None | 2.2 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Wakefield OB- GYN Department (Medical Village- OBGYN)Outpatient Clinics, Hrs of Operation Mon- Fri. 8am - 5pmOutpatient Clinics | None | 2.5 | None | None | None | Yes |
Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital?
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), critical care units 2.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), emergency department units 5.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 8.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6), neonatal units 3.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0) and psychiatry units 8.0 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 Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (1,557 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 33 of the plan's 60 unit-and-shift plans (among them Wakefield ED. 24 HRS/7 DAY, 3 North Adult - Inpatient Med-Surg Comb.-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAY, 4 North Adult - Inpatient Medical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAY and 4 South Adult - Inpatient Medical-Adult 24 HRS/7 DAY), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital 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 - Wakefield Hospital (PFI 1168)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/montefiore-medical-center-wakefield-hospital