Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital (Westchester County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Op and Admission/Discharge of Surgical Patients, located on the 3rd floor of the hospitalAmbulatory Surgery | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5.13 | 0.93 | Yes |
| ICU (Intensive Care Unit)Critical Care | 2.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| Emergency Medicine, located on ground floor of hospitalEmergency Department | 3.5 | None | None | 8.26 | 2.66 | No |
| Gastroenterology Unit - Located on the 8th floor of the hospitalEndoscopy | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 2.53 | Yes |
| 3 North Orthopedic Unit (Medicine and Post Surgical Patients)Medical/Surgical | 6.0 | None | None | 1.3 | 1 | No |
| 4 Joyce Med Surge (Medicine and Surgical Patients)Medical/Surgical | 6.0 | None | None | 3.3 | 2 | No |
| 5 Joyce Med SurgeMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | 2.8 | 2 | No |
| Antepartum/L&DOther | 2.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| Interventional Radiology - located on the ground and 3rd floor of the hospitalOther | 5.0 | None | None | 2.3 | 0 | Yes |
| MCH (Post Partum/Nursery)Other | 6.0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | No |
| Operating Room - Surgical Cases, Unit located on 3rd floor of the hospitalOther | 1.0 | None | None | 9.3 | 3.66 | Yes |
| Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) - Recover post surgical patients, Unit located on 3rd floor of hospOther | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 3.07 | 0.73 | Yes |
| Progressive Care Unit (PCU)Telemetry | 4.0 | None | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | Yes |
| ICUCritical Care | None | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | None | No |
| Emergency Medicine located on the ground floor of the hospitalEmergency Department | None | 4.9 | None | None | None | No |
| 3 North OrthopedicMedical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| 4 Joyce Med SurgeMedical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| Antepartum/L&DObstetrics/Gynecology | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | No |
| MCH (Post Partum/Nursery)Obstetrics/Gynecology | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| Interventional Radiology, located on the ground and 3rd floor of the hospitalOther | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Operating Room, Surgical Cases, Unit located on the 3rd floor of the hospitalOther | None | 1.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Progressive Care Unit (PCU/Telemetry)Stepdown | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Emergency Medicine, located on the ground floor of the hospitalEmergency Department | None | None | 4.5 | None | None | No |
| 5 Joyce (Med Surge)Medical/Surgical | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| Ante Partum/L&DObstetrics/Gynecology | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | No |
| Operating Room - Surgery Unit, located on the 3rd floor of the hospitalOther | None | None | 1.0 | None | None | Yes |
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Montefiore New Rochelle 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 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), telemetry units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 3.5 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 endoscopy units 9.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (247 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2026) and SEIU 1199 (462 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 21 of the plan's 39 unit-and-shift plans (among them ICU (Intensive Care Unit), Emergency Medicine, located on ground floor of hospital, 3 North Orthopedic Unit (Medicine and Post Surgical Patients) and 4 Joyce Med Surge (Medicine and Surgical Patients)), 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 New Rochelle Hospital (PFI 1072)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/montefiore-new-rochelle-hospital