Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (Nassau County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 43 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. NYU Langone Health'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYU Langone Long Island OR ASU 1st FloorAmbulatory Surgery | 3.2 | None | None | 8.9 | 0 | Yes |
| NYU Long Island ASC ORAmbulatory Surgery | 3.5 | 2.4 | None | 6.9 | 0 | Yes |
| Cath/EP/TILT/TEE/RecoveryCardiac Catheterization/EP | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 26.1 | 2.3 | Yes |
| LI NW 3 MB 3400 NEPHRDialysis - Acute | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| LI NW 1 EMERGENCY DEPTEmergency Department | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 29 | 8 | Yes |
| NYU Long Island Endo 1st FloorEndoscopy | 4.3 | None | None | 6 | 0 | Yes |
| Intensive Care - LI Cardiac Surgical ICUIntensive Care | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 10.52 | 1 | No |
| Intensive Care - LI MICU Hoag 3Intensive Care | 1.8 | 1.8 | None | 9 | 1 | No |
| Intensive Care - LI Neuro ICUIntensive Care | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 6.34 | 1 | No |
| LI MB4AIntensive Care | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.55 | 1 | Yes |
| Pediatric ICU - LI Pediatric ICUIntensive Care | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.22 | 0 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - Chest Pain UnitMedical/Surgical | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.45 | 1 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Gardner 2 - Short StayMedical/Surgical | 3.9 | 3.9 | None | 7.16 | 3 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Gardner 3Medical/Surgical | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 6.91 | 3 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Gardner 4Medical/Surgical | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 8.29 | 3 | No |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Hoag 2 - NeuroMedical/Surgical | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.68 | 2 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Hoag 5Medical/Surgical | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 8.7 | 4 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Hoag 6Medical/Surgical | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 4 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Main 3Medical/Surgical | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.77 | 4 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI North 3Medical/Surgical | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 4 | No |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Potter 3Medical/Surgical | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 6.66 | 3 | Yes |
| Neonatal Intensive/Intermediate Care - LI NICUNeonatal | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 13.93 | 2 | Yes |
| IR/MRI/CT Scan/PET/Nuc MedNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 16.25 | 0 | Yes |
| Maternity - LI Mother / BabyObstetrics/Gynecology | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 11 | 3 | Yes |
| Maternity - NSG-Delivery RoomObstetrics/Gynecology | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.32 | 0 | No |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Hoag 1Oncology | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 8.04 | 3 | Yes |
| LI NW 1 ASU PACUOther | 2.7 | None | None | 8.9 | 2 | Yes |
| LI NW 1 MB ENDO PREPOSTOther | 5.1 | None | None | 5.4 | 1 | Yes |
| LI NW 4 MB Main PacuOther | 1.1 | None | None | 17.7 | 2 | Yes |
| LI NW ASC PACUOther | 2.2 | 2.2 | None | 10.9 | 2 | Yes |
| NYU Long Island 4th Floor OROther | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 | Yes |
| Pediatric - LI PediatricsPediatric | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.36 | 2 | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI North 4Stepdown | 3.8 | None | None | 6.66 | 3 | No |
| NYU Long Island Endo OR 1st FloorEndoscopy | None | 3.8 | None | None | None | Yes |
| LI NW 1 MB END PREPOSTOther | None | 5.1 | None | None | None | Yes |
| LI NW 4 MB MAIN PACUOther | None | 1.1 | None | None | None | Yes |
| LI NW ASU PACUOther | None | 2.7 | None | None | None | Yes |
| NYU Langone Long Island OR ASU 1st FloorOther | None | 2.7 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI North 4 - StepdownStepdown | None | 3.8 | None | None | None | No |
| Intensive Care - LI MICU Hoag 3Medical/Surgical | None | None | 1.8 | None | None | No |
| Medical / Surgical - LI Gardner 2Medical/Surgical | None | None | 3.9 | None | None | Yes |
| Medical / Surgical - LI North 4Medical/Surgical | None | None | 3.8 | None | None | No |
| LI NW 4 MB MAIN OR PACUOther | None | None | 1.1 | None | None | Yes |
NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 3.9 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), intensive care units 1.7 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), stepdown units 3.8 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.7), emergency department units 3.1 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 1.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6) and pediatric units 2.8 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.8). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (1,090 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 21 of the plan's 92 unit-and-shift plans (among them Intensive Care - LI Cardiac Surgical ICU, Intensive Care - LI MICU Hoag 3, Intensive Care - LI Neuro ICU and Medical / Surgical - LI Gardner 4), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island hiring?
NYU Langone Health 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, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (PFI 0511)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/nyu-langone-hospital-long-island