Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Westchester Medical Center: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Westchester Medical Center (Westchester County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 68 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. Westchester Medical Center Health Network'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 - ACP ORAmbulatory Surgery | 1.0 | 1.0 | None | 13 | 0 | Yes |
| Pre & Post Ambulatory ProceduresAmbulatory Surgery | 3.0 | 3.0 | None | 12 | 0 | Yes |
| Burn - Burn unitBurn | 2.5 | None | None | 3.6 | 0 | Yes |
| Cardiac Catheterization/EPCardiac Catheterization/EP | 1.0 | None | None | 15 | 0 | Yes |
| Heart Institute - proceduralCardiovascular | 1.0 | None | None | 7 | 0 | Yes |
| CICU - Cardiac Intensive Care UnitCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 3.8 | 0 | Yes |
| CTICU - Cardiothoracic Intensive Care UnitCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.55 | 0 | Yes |
| MICU - Medical ICUCritical Care | 2.0 | None | 2.0 | 5.24 | 0 | Yes |
| NESICU - Neurosurgical ICUCritical Care | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 10.13 | 0 | Yes |
| SICU - Surgical ICUCritical Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.29 | 0 | Yes |
| TICU - Trauma ICUCritical Care | 2.0 | None | 2.0 | 7.15 | 0 | Yes |
| Renal DialysisDialysis - Acute | 2.0 | None | None | 6.63 | 0 | Yes |
| Emergency Services - 1st FloorEmergency Department | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 12.75 | 0 | Yes |
| Endoscopy - Pre, Intra & Post - 1st FloorEndoscopy | 2.0 | None | None | 28 | 0 | Yes |
| 3 South Med/Surg NeuroMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.22 | 0 | Yes |
| 5 North Medicine/BariatricMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 0 | Yes |
| 5 South - MedicineMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.76 | 0 | Yes |
| 6 North Ortho/Trauma/Surgery/VascularMedical/Surgical | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.74 | 0 | Yes |
| 7 North Transplant/Gyn/Gyn-Onc/GUMedical/Surgical | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 0 | Yes |
| 7 South - OncologyMedical/Surgical | 4.5 | 4.5 | None | 6.86 | 0 | Yes |
| NICU - Neonatal intermediate and intensive ICUNeonatal | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 25.3 | 0 | Yes |
| Radiology - proceduralNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 1.0 | None | None | 7 | 0 | Yes |
| Vascular Interventional Radiology/Neuroendovascular/PainNuclear Medicine/Radiology | 1.0 | None | None | 10 | 0 | Yes |
| 2 South - Obstetrics/WBNObstetrics/Gynecology | 4.0 | None | None | 5.72 | 0 | Yes |
| L/D-ProceduralObstetrics/Gynecology | 2.0 | None | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | Yes |
| Adult PACU - 2nd floorOther | 2.0 | 2.0 | None | 7 | 0 | Yes |
| CDU - Observation UnitOther | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| CPAC - Children Surgical Services: Pre and Post SurgeryOther | 2.0 | None | None | 8.44 | 0 | Yes |
| Main Adult OR - 2nd FloorOther | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 36 | 0 | Yes |
| Peds OR (CHOR)- 1st FloorOther | 1.0 | None | None | 18 | 0 | Yes |
| Radiation MedicineOther | 1.0 | None | None | 7 | 0 | Yes |
| Wound Care ClinicOther | 1.0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| PEDS 31 - General PediatricsPediatric | 4.0 | None | None | 7.77 | 0 | Yes |
| PICU - Pediatric ICUPediatric | 2.0 | None | None | 6.15 | 0 | Yes |
| Peds 32 - Pediatric OncologyPediatric | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 0 | Yes |
| A1 - Pediatric PsychPsychiatry | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.78 | 0 | Yes |
| A2- Adult PsychPsychiatry | 6.0 | None | None | 2.63 | 0 | Yes |
| B1 - Adolescent PsychPsychiatry | 6.0 | None | None | 2.66 | 0 | Yes |
| B2 - Adult PsychPsychiatry | 6.0 | None | 6.0 | 3.9 | 0 | Yes |
| B3 - Adult Med PsychPsychiatry | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| PMR - Acute RehabRehabilitaion | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 0 | Yes |
| 4 North - CardiologyStepdown | 4.0 | None | 4.0 | 4.9 | 0 | Yes |
| 4 South CTS/Post Cath VascularStepdown | 4.0 | None | None | 4.75 | 0 | Yes |
| 6 South Medicine / Step-DownStepdown | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0 | Yes |
| NSDU - Neuro Step-Down UnitStepdown | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.07 | 0 | Yes |
| Burn - Burn UnitBurn | None | 2.5 | 2.5 | None | None | Yes |
| MICU- Medical ICUCritical Care | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| TICUCritical Care | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 4 South CTS/Post Cath VascularMedical/Surgical | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 2 South - ObstetricsObstetrics/Gynecology | None | 4.0 | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
| L/D - proceduralObstetrics/Gynecology | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| CPAC: Children's Surgical Services - Pre & post-surgery.Other | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Peds OR (CHOR) - 1st FloorOther | None | 1.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| PICU _ Pediatric ICUPediatric | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| Ped 31 - General PedsPediatric | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| A2 - Adult PsychPsychiatry | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| B1 - AdolescentPsychiatry | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | Yes |
| B2 - Adult psychPsychiatry | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 4 North - Cardiology-StepdownStepdown | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | Yes |
| 4N - CTS step downCardiovascular | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
| CICUCritical Care | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| DialysisDialysis - Acute | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| 7 South OncologyMedical/Surgical | None | None | 4.5 | None | None | Yes |
| Adult PACU - 2nd FloorOther | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| PICUPediatric | None | None | 2.0 | None | None | Yes |
| Peds 31 - General PedsPediatric | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | Yes |
| A2 -Adult PsychPsychiatry | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | Yes |
| B3 - Adult med PsychPsychiatry | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | Yes |
Westchester Medical Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Westchester Medical Center?
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), stepdown units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.7), emergency department units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6) and pediatric units 3.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.8). These are planned averages for each unit; the table lists every unit and the evening and night shifts.
Is Westchester Medical Center a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (1,880 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2026) and CSEA (999 employees, contract to 31 Dec 2026).
Did Westchester Medical Center's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Yes, on every unit and shift of the plan, by the plan's own answers.
Is Westchester Medical Center hiring?
Westchester Medical Center Health Network 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, Westchester Medical Center (PFI 1139)
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Westchester Medical Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/westchester-medical-center