Nurses Union Says Methodist is Understaffed

The Brooklyn Paper reports that The New York State Nurses Association says that nurses at New York Methodist Hospital are understaffed and overworked.

The union requires that there be at least one nurse for every six patients — but nurses at Methodist say that it’s more like one RN for every 14 customers in some wings.

According to the nurses that puts patients at risk. The hospital administration disagrees.

“Our data shows we’re in compliance with the contractual guidelines,” said Lyn Hill, a spokeswoman for New York Methodist in the Brooklyn Paper.