Its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center: nurse-to-patient ratios by unit
The staffing plan Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center (Kings County) filed with New York's Department of Health: for each of its 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Surgery under the Periop Services. Adult and Peds. Location 3rd floorAmbulatory Surgery | 2.3 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| Dental Clinic provides services to adult and Peds. Located on 2nd floor.Dental O/P | 5.0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | No |
| Adult Emergency located 2nd floor.Emergency Department | 2.3 | None | 16.3 | 12 | 5 | No |
| Peds ED, Located on 2nd floorEmergency Department | 10.0 | None | 11.0 | 2 | 2 | No |
| GI\Endoscopy, adult service, located on 2nd floorEndoscopy | 1.4 | None | None | 5 | 2 | No |
| Geriatric Clinic, Geriatric patient population located on the 2nd floorGeriatric | 10.0 | None | None | 2 | 2 | No |
| 7100 NICUIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.85 | 1 | No |
| 8ICU - ICUIntensive Care | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 1 | No |
| Radiological Services: CT scan, X-RAY, MRI & Nuclear medicine, adult and peds. Located 3rd floorMagnetic Resonance Imaging | 19.0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | No |
| 6100 - Med/SurgMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | 3.23 | 2 | No |
| 8100 Step-downMedical/Surgical | 4.0 | None | None | 1.55 | 0 | No |
| 8100 - Med/Surg/TelemetryMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | None | None | 4.53 | 0 | No |
| 8200 - Med/SurgMedical/Surgical | 6.0 | None | None | 5.67 | 3 | No |
| Behavioral Health Clinic includes OPC, ACT & OPD serves adult patients, located on 5th & 9th floorsMental Health Services O/P | 12.0 | None | None | 3 | 0 | No |
| 7200 MOTHER / BABYObstetrics/Gynecology | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.27 | 1 | No |
| OBGN Clinic, serves adults located 8th floorObstetrics/Gynecology | 10.0 | None | None | 8 | 4 | No |
| Cancer /Infusion Clinic providing care to adults. Located on 2nd floorOncology | 6.5 | None | None | 2 | 2 | No |
| Medicine Clinic:derm, asthma, cardiology, nephrology, rheumatology, pulmonary. Adults, 2nd flOther | 14.8 | None | None | 20 | 15 | No |
| Specialty Clinics:ortho, bariatrics, derm, endo, urology, plastics, podiatry,vascular. Adult. 2nd flOther | 13.0 | None | None | 9 | 3 | No |
| 6300 PEDSPediatric | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.43 | 1 | No |
| Pediatric ClinicPediatric | 13.0 | None | None | 7 | 5 | No |
| PSY2 PSYCHPsychiatry | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.29 | 3 | No |
| PSY3 PSYCHPsychiatry | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.43 | 3 | No |
| PSY4 PSYCHPsychiatry | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.43 | 3 | No |
| PSY5 PSYCHPsychiatry | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.29 | 3 | No |
| Psych Emergency, Adult services located on 5th floorPsychiatry | 4.0 | None | None | 3 | 5 | No |
| 9-PCU STEPDOWNStepdown | 4.0 | None | None | 2.4 | 1 | No |
| Day Surgery, Adult Services, 3rf floorAmbulatory Surgery | None | 2.3 | None | None | None | No |
| Dental Clinic, adults and peds. 2nd floorDental O/P | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| Adult Emergency ServicesEmergency Department | None | 14.8 | None | None | None | No |
| Peds Emergency Services, 2nd floorEmergency Department | None | 11.0 | None | None | None | No |
| GI/ENDO ClinicEndoscopy | None | 2.0 | None | None | None | No |
| Geri Clinic, adults, 2nd floorGeriatric | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| Radiological Services- Nuclear, MRI, CT Scan, Scan & Xray, 3rd floorMagnetic Resonance Imaging | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| 8100 Med/Surg/StepdownMedical/Surgical | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | No |
| 8100 Med/Surg/TeleMedical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| 8200Medical/Surgical | None | 6.0 | None | None | None | No |
| opc, opd,Mental Health Services O/P | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| OBGYN Clinic, adults, 8th floor,Obstetrics/Gynecology | None | 3.4 | None | None | None | No |
| Cancer ClinicOncology | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| Medicine ClinicOther | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| Peds ClinicPediatric | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| Psych ER, adult services located on 5th floorPsychiatry | None | 4.3 | None | None | None | No |
| 9PCUStepdown | None | 4.0 | None | None | None | No |
| Psych Emergency, Adult services located on 5th floorEmergency Department | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 6100 Med/SurgMedical/Surgical | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| 8100 - Step-downMedical/Surgical | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | No |
| 8200 med/surgMedical/Surgical | None | None | 6.0 | None | None | No |
| Pediatric Clinic, PEDS. Located on 2nd floorPediatric | None | None | None | None | None | Yes |
| 9PCU - Step- downStepdown | None | None | 4.0 | None | None | No |
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit: common questions
What is the nurse-to-patient ratio at Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center?
By its 2026-2027 clinical staffing plan, on the day shift: medical/surgical units 6.0 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), stepdown units 4.0 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 3.7), emergency department units 6.2 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 4.5), obstetrics/gynecology units 6.5 patients per RN (New York's median hospital 2.6) and pediatric units 9.5 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 Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center a union hospital?
Its plan reports a collective bargaining agreement covering clinical staff: New York State Nurses Association (453 employees, contract to 1 Sep 2028), SEIU 1199 (104 employees, contract to 9 Apr 2022) and DC37 (1,068 employees).
Did Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center's staffing committee agree on the plan?
Not on every unit: the committee did not reach consensus on 62 of the plan's 81 unit-and-shift plans (among them Day Surgery under the Periop Services. Adult and Peds. Location 3rd floor, Dental Clinic provides services to adult and Peds. Located on 2nd floor., Adult Emergency located 2nd floor. and Peds ED, Located on 2nd floor), where the plan carries its members' and the chief executive's statements.
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, Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center (PFI 1692)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/new-york-hospital-staffing-plans/woodhull-medical-and-mental-health-center