Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Syosset Hospital: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Syosset Hospital (Nassau County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 14 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. Northwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Emergency Department (ED) is a 14 bed unit with average daily census of 42 and a 17% admit rate.Emergency Department | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4 | 1 | No |
| ICU caring for acute critical patients requiring multiple complex modalities, 4th floorIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | No |
| 32 bed orthopedic unit with post op orthopedic patients and med/surg patients, 2nd floorOrthopedics | 8.0 | None | None | 3 | 3 | No |
| Interventional radiology - ground floor, Monday to Friday with varying hours.Other | 1.0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | No |
| Operating room, 3rd floor, 9 OR's Orthopedic and general surgery, Monday to FridayOther | 1.0 | None | None | 7 | 3 | No |
| PACU on the 3rd floor, 20 beds monday to fridayOther | 3.3 | 3.5 | None | 4 | 2 | No |
| Pain management dept., 2nd floor, 3 preop bays, 2 procedures rooms, 6 postop bays, monday to fridayOther | 6.6 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| ophthalmology OR's, 2 OR rooms, 2 pre-op and 6 post op bays, on the 2nd floor, eye surgeryOther | 2.7 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| pre surgical testing, located on the ground floor monday to friday 8-4Other | 18.0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | No |
| pre-op area, 3rd floor, 9 beds, 20 patients between the hours of 6am - 2pmOther | 10.0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | No |
| Telemetry/ med/surg unit providing cardiac and pulse ox monitoring on the 1st floorTelemetry | 6.0 | None | None | 2 | 2 | No |
| 32 bed orthopedic unit caring for post op orthopedic and med/surg patients, 2nd floorOrthopedics | None | 8.0 | 8.0 | None | None | No |
| Operating room, 3rd floor, 7 OR's Orthopedic and general surgery, monday to fridayOther | None | 3.0 | None | None | None | No |
| Telemetry/ med/surg unit providing cardiac and pulse ox monitoring, 1st floorTelemetry | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
Syosset Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Syosset Hospital?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: intensive care units 2.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.0), telemetry units 6.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 5.0), emergency department units 12.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), orthopedics units 8.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.7) and other units 3.3 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.8). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Syosset Hospital a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (166 employees, contract to 31 Mar 2029) and SEIU 1199 (343 employees, contract to 30 Sep 2026).
Did Syosset Hospital's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 21 of the plan's 21 unit-and-shift plans (among them The Emergency Department (ED) is a 14 bed unit with average daily census of 42 and a 17% admit rate., ICU caring for acute critical patients requiring multiple complex modalities, 4th floor, 32 bed orthopedic unit with post op orthopedic patients and med/surg patients, 2nd floor and Interventional radiology - ground floor, Monday to Friday with varying hours.), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
Is Syosset Hospital hiring?
Northwell 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, Syosset Hospital (PFI 0550)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Syosset Hospital nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/syosset-hospital