Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Mount Sinai West: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Mount Sinai West (New York County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUAmbulatory Surgery | 2.9 | 4.3 | None | 18 | 5 | No |
| Cardio-Vascular InstituteCardiovascular | 1.2 | None | None | 1 | 8 | No |
| NURSING 8AS CRITICAL CARE STEPDOWN-AnnexCritical Care | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | No |
| Acute HemoDialysisDialysis - Acute | 2.4 | None | None | 2 | 1 | No |
| Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | 171.5 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 19 | 3 | No |
| EndoscopyEndoscopy | 3.8 | None | None | 5 | 1 | No |
| 8AE-NURSING INTENSIVE CARE UNITIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 2 | No |
| NURSING 8A SOUTH NEUROSURGICALIntensive Care | 2.0 | None | None | 7 | 1 | No |
| MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging | 0.4 | None | None | 1 | 5 | No |
| 10A MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | No |
| 14B MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.96 | No |
| 8AW-ADULT MEDICAL/SURGICAL ICUMedical/Surgical | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | No |
| 9B MEDICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | No |
| NURSING 10B MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.96 | No |
| NURSING 8B MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | No |
| NURSING 9A MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | No |
| NURSING NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITNeonatal | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14 | 2 | No |
| Interventional RadiologyNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 7.9 | None | None | 9 | 2 | No |
| LABOR AND DELIVERY-WSTObstetrics/Gynecology | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 19 | 3 | No |
| NURSING 11A MCHObstetrics/Gynecology | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 9 | 2 | No |
| NURSING 11B MCHObstetrics/Gynecology | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8 | 3 | No |
| Radiation OncologyOncology | 3.6 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| ECHO LABOther | 0.9 | None | None | 2 | 21 | No |
| Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM) /Samuel's ClinicOther | 0.3 | None | None | 1 | 6 | No |
| OROther | 3.6 | None | None | 19 | 22 | No |
| PACUOther | 3.5 | None | 4.3 | 15 | 2 | No |
| OPDOutpatient Clinics | 0.3 | None | None | 4 | 6 | No |
| 7G ADULT PSYCH UNITPsychiatry | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5 | 4.96 | No |
| Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP)Psychiatry | 2.0 | None | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | No |
| 3G-ADULT REHAB UNITRehabilitaion | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | No |
| 9C - ADDICTION INSTITUTE - REHAB NURSINGRehabilitaion | 7.0 | None | 7.0 | 5 | 2.96 | No |
| 14A MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITTelemetry | 6.0 | None | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | No |
| NURSING 8A SOUTH NEUROSURGICALCritical Care | None | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | None | No |
| 14A MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITMedical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 9C - ADDICTION INSTITUTE - REHAB NURSING (previously 9G)Rehabilitaion | None | 7.0 | None | None | None | No |
Mount Sinai West nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Mount Sinai West?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), critical care units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), intensive care units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), telemetry units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 171.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5) and obstetrics/gynecology units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Mount Sinai West a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (1,184 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2028) and SEIU 1199 (1,970 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Mount Sinai West's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 73 of the plan's 73 unit-and-shift plans (among them ASU, Cardio-Vascular Institute, NURSING 8AS CRITICAL CARE STEPDOWN-Annex and Acute HemoDialysis), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Mount Sinai West 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 West (PFI 1466)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Mount Sinai West nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/mount-sinai-west