Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Saratoga Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Saratoga Hospital (Saratoga County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 24 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. Saratoga Hospital'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provides interventional/invasive/noninvasive cardiovascular servicesCardiac Catheterization/EP | 2.3 | None | None | 6 | 4 | Yes |
| Inpatient acute dialysis unitDialysis - Acute | 2.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Full service Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | 4.0 | None | 4.0 | 10 | 6 | Yes |
| Preoperative & IntraoperativeEndoscopy | 1.0 | None | None | 7 | 2 | Yes |
| The ICU is a 19 bed cardiac/critical care area serving Saratoga Hospital.Intensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 9 | 2 | Yes |
| A-3 is a 37-bed medical, surgical, pediatric, oncology and hospice inpatient unitMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | Yes |
| C-3 is a 20-bed medical surgical oncology and hospice inpatient unit.Medical/Surgical | 5.0 | None | None | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| D2 is a 20-bed medical surgical unitMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | None | None | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| Women’s Health Services is a 15 - bed Level I maternity unitObstetrics/Gynecology | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 | Yes |
| D-3 is a 20 bed medical, surgical, orthopedic unit.Orthopedics | 5.0 | None | None | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| Intraoperative servicesOther | 1.0 | None | None | 10 | 5 | Yes |
| Post operative careOther | 2.0 | None | None | 8 | 1 | Yes |
| Pre operative servicesOther | 2.0 | None | None | 5 | 1 | Yes |
| The MHU is a 16 bed locked acute care inpatient psychiatric unitPsychiatry | 4.0 | 1.9 | None | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| A1 is a 6 bed medical, surgical, telemetry express unitShort Stay | 5.0 | None | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| D1 is a 36 bed medical, surgical, telemetry inpatient unitTelemetry | 4.0 | None | None | 10 | 5 | Yes |
| Full Service Emergency DepartmentEmergency Department | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| C-3 is a 20-bed medical surgical oncology and hospice inpatient unitMedical/Surgical | None | 5.0 | 5.0 | None | None | Yes |
| D2 is a 20-bed medical surgical unit.Medical/Surgical | None | 5.0 | 5.0 | None | None | Yes |
| D-3 is a 20 bed medical, surgical, orthopedic unitOrthopedics | None | 5.0 | 5.0 | None | None | Yes |
| A1 is a 6-bed medical, surgical, telemetry express unitShort Stay | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| D1 is a 36-bed medical, surgical, telemetry inpatient unitTelemetry | None | 4.0 | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
| The ICU is a 19 bed critical care area serving Saratoga Hospital.Intensive Care | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| Mental Health UnitPsychiatry | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
Saratoga Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Saratoga 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 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), telemetry units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6) and psychiatry units 4.0 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 Saratoga Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports no collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff.
Did Saratoga Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Yes, on every unit and shift of the plan, by the plan's own answers.
Is Saratoga Hospital hiring?
Saratoga Hospital 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, Saratoga Hospital (PFI 0818)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Saratoga Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/saratoga-hospital