Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (New York County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical/Surgical - Special Care UnitIntensive Care | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | No |
| Medical/Surgical - 10TH FLOORMedical/Surgical | 4.8 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | No |
| Medical/Surgical - 11TH FLOORMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | No |
| Medical/Surgical - 12TH FLOORMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | No |
| HJD 6 RAD IRNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 1.88 | 0.88 | Yes |
| Langone Orthopedic Hospital- OROrthopedics | 1.7 | 1.0 | None | 12.2 | 0 | Yes |
| Center for ChildrenOther | 9.0 | 9.0 | None | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| HJD Immediate CareOther | 4.1 | 4.1 | None | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| LOH PACUOther | 3.5 | 4.8 | None | 4 | 3.9 | Yes |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - 8 SOUTHRehabilitaion | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 2 | 1 | No |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - 9 SOUTHRehabilitaion | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 5 | 3 | No |
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital?
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 0.7 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), nuclear medicine/radiology units 1.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0), orthopedics units 1.7 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.7), other units 4.1 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.8) and rehabilitaion units 5.8 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 6.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (861 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 16 of the plan's 29 unit-and-shift plans (among them Medical/Surgical - Special Care Unit, Medical/Surgical - 10TH FLOOR, Medical/Surgical - 11TH FLOOR and Medical/Surgical - 12TH FLOOR), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital 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 Orthopedic Hospital (PFI 1446)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/nyu-langone-orthopedic-hospital