Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital (Westchester County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 11 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUAmbulatory Surgery | 6.0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Operating RoomAmbulatory Surgery | 1.1 | None | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| PACUAmbulatory Surgery | 3.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| 24 Hour Emergency ServicesEmergency Department | 6.0 | 5.0 | None | 4 | 2 | No |
| General Medicine Forensic DOCSMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| General Medicine/Surgery UnitMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | No |
| RadiologyNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 1.1 | None | None | 1 | 6 | Yes |
| Combined Unit Telemetry and Critical CareOther | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | No |
| Behavioral Health Inpatient UnitPsychiatry | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | No |
| General Medicine Forensic DOCS UnitMedical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | 3.0 | None | None | No |
| 24 hour Emergency ServicesEmergency Department | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | No |
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Montefiore Mount Vernon 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), emergency department units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), psychiatry units 8.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0), ambulatory surgery units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0), nuclear medicine/radiology units 1.1 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and other units 3.0 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 Mount Vernon Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (140 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2026) and SEIU 1199 (315 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 15 of the plan's 19 unit-and-shift plans (among them 24 Hour Emergency Services, General Medicine Forensic DOCS, General Medicine/Surgery Unit and Combined Unit Telemetry and Critical Care), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
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 Mount Vernon Hospital (PFI 1061)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/montefiore-mount-vernon-hospital