Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk (Suffolk County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory Surgery UnitAmbulatory Surgery | 2.0 | None | None | 5 | 0 | Yes |
| EP/IR/Non Invasive Cardio/Cath LabCardiac Catheterization/EP | 0.6 | None | None | 8.67 | 2 | Yes |
| Inpatient DialysisDialysis - Acute | 1.5 | 1.5 | None | 2.3 | 0 | Yes |
| LICH Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | 2.9 | None | None | 18 | 13 | No |
| EndoscopyEndoscopy | 1.0 | None | None | 6 | 0 | Yes |
| Medical Intensive Care UnitIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | Yes |
| Surgical Intensive Care UnitIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | Yes |
| 2 NorthMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 3 | No |
| 2 SouthMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | No |
| 3 NorthMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | No |
| 3 SouthMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 3 | No |
| 4 NorthMedical/Surgical | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5 | 3 | No |
| 4 SouthMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 2 | No |
| Operating RoomOther | 1.7 | 1.6 | None | 9 | 4 | Yes |
| Post-Anesthesia Care UnitOther | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 0 | Yes |
| 1 East - Inpatient PsychPsychiatry | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | Yes |
| Medical StepdownStepdown | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | No |
| Surgical StepdownStepdown | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | No |
| EP/IR/MRI/Non Invasive/Cath LabCardiac Catheterization/EP | None | 0.6 | None | None | None | Yes |
| LICH- Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | None | 2.9 | None | None | None | No |
| Suffolk- Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | None | None | 2.9 | None | None | Yes |
NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk?
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), 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 2.9 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), psychiatry units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0) and ambulatory surgery units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (771 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2025) and American Federation of Teachers (845 employees).
Did NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 26 of the plan's 47 unit-and-shift plans (among them LICH Emergency Department, 2 North, 2 South and 3 North), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk 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 Suffolk (PFI 0885)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). NYU Langone Hospital Suffolk nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/nyu-langone-hospital-suffolk