The study explored the issues that would be related to the planning of nursing educational subsystems of Vocational and Technological Educational Systems(VTES) for the future 10 years. An action research method was taken to answer the questions of: (1) What will be the nursing educational subsystems' position, goals, and functions? (2) Which principles and indicators should be used as a basic criteria for setting up a department or a program for the future nursing educational subsys' tems?(3)What issues should be considered while developing nursing curriculum? The results include seven conclusions as follows:(1) The nursing educational subsystems of the VTES will foster four levels of personnel for nursing market : the basic level-nurse assistant(員級), the second level- staff nurse(士級), the third level-charge nurse(師級), and the fourth level - specialists(專科師級). Educational Goals and functions should consider both the students' job market and the students’ advanced study.(2)The departments and programs set up by nursing schools in the VTES should reflect that the needs of nursing job market, the balance between quantity and quality.(3) Any plan for nursing curriculum should have its basic content map and reflect graduates’ general , occupational , basic , and technological competencies, and its development must be multi-plurality, flexibility and system oriented. (4)Program should be used as a strategy for developing higher level of nursing education and curriculum of the Vocational & Technological Education Systems in the future. A standing committee for curriculum development and evaluation should be conducted in any level of nursing schools. (5)The issues of entrance and licensure examination for the nursing educational subsystems of the VTES should be re-examined along with revolution of the nursing curriculum.(6)While applying for a new department or a new program, the nursing schools should present the concrete and empirical documents related.(7)The Educational Board should take the responsibility of planning and local Educational Department should take the responsibility of curriculum evaluation and revision in the future.