Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens (Queens County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 19 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. Mount Sinai Health System'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretesting proceduresAmbulatory Surgery | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 1.66 | 1.66 | No |
| Cardiac Catheterization /EP proceduresCardiac Catheterization/EP | 1.0 | None | None | 5 | 3.2 | No |
| 4-bedded Dialysis Unit; Staffed with 5FTE RNs, 2FTE Techs and RN Per-Diem PoolDialysis - Acute | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.06 | 1.06 | No |
| 24/7 immediate care for patients with urgent medical needs.Emergency Department | 1.0 | None | None | 12 | 6 | No |
| Endoscopy proceduresEndoscopy | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 2.73 | No |
| Oncology & Therapeutic Infusion servicesInfusion Services | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 4.66 | 5 | No |
| ICU Intensive Care UnitIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | No |
| 2 EAST Medical/Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 7.0 | None | None | 3 | 3 | No |
| 3 EAST Medical Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | No |
| 3 WEST Medical Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | No |
| 4 EAST Medical Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | No |
| Operating Room - 6 roomsOther | 1.0 | None | None | 14.56 | 9.25 | No |
| 6 EASTStepdown | 3.0 | None | None | 6 | 2 | No |
| Cardiac Catheterization / EP proceduresCardiac Catheterization/EP | None | 1.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 24/7 Immediate care for patients with urgent medical needs.Emergency Department | None | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | None | No |
| 2 East Medical Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | None | 7.0 | None | None | None | No |
| Operating Room - 6 RoomsOther | None | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | None | No |
| 6 EastStepdown | None | 3.0 | 3.0 | None | None | No |
| 2 EAST Medical Surgical UnitMedical/Surgical | None | None | 7.0 | None | None | No |
Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 7.0 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 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.7), emergency department units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), ambulatory surgery units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and cardiac catheterization/ep units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 1.3). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (1,290 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 36 of the plan's 36 unit-and-shift plans (among them Pretesting procedures, Cardiac Catheterization /EP procedures, 4-bedded Dialysis Unit; Staffed with 5FTE RNs, 2FTE Techs and RN Per-Diem Pool and 24/7 immediate care for patients with urgent medical needs.), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens hiring?
Mount Sinai Health System 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, Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens (PFI 1639)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/mount-sinai-hospital-mount-sinai-hospital-of-queens