Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore (Queens County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 32 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.
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 SurgeryAmbulatory Surgery | 6.0 | None | None | 5 | 1 | Yes |
| Critical Care UnitCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| Intensive Care UnitCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| Dialysis InpatientDialysis - Acute | 2.0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| Dialysis OutpatientDialysis O/P | 8.0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| EDEmergency Department | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | Yes |
| T10 Surgical CareMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | Yes |
| T3 SouthMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| T8 Pulmonary CareMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | None | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | Yes |
| Nuclear MedicineNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 4.0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| CP4 Behavioral Health InpatientOther | 6.0 | None | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Care ManagementOther | 17.5 | 17.5 | None | 10 | 0 | Yes |
| Intervential RadiologyOther | 4.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| LDRPOther | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Yes |
| NICUOther | 2.0 | None | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Operating RoomOther | 7.0 | 7.0 | None | 4 | 3 | Yes |
| PACUOther | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| Psych EDOther | 6.0 | None | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Tower 4 Behavioral Health InpatientOther | 6.0 | None | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | Yes |
| OB/GYNOutpatient Clinics | 15.0 | None | None | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Pediatric & Sub SpecialtyOutpatient Clinics | 10.0 | None | None | 3 | 4 | Yes |
| Womens HealthOutpatient Clinics | 8.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Wound Care/HyperbaricOutpatient Clinics | 9.0 | None | None | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| T11 Cardiac CareTelemetry | 5.0 | None | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | Yes |
| T11 Cardiac CareMedical/Surgical | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| NICUNeonatal | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Dialysis InpatientOther | None | 3.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Dialysis OutpatientOther | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| CP4 Behavioral Health InpatientPsychiatry | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Psych EDPsychiatry | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Tower 4 Behavioral Health InpatientPsychiatry | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| T8 Pulmonary CarePulmonary | None | 5.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore?
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 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), telemetry units 5.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 4.6 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), ambulatory surgery units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.0) and dialysis - acute units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: SEIU 1199 (905 employees, contract to 1 Oct 2026).
Did St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Yes, on every unit and shift of the plan, by the plan's own answers.
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, St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore (PFI 1635)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/st-johns-episcopal-hospital-so-shore