背景：護理研究是護理管理者專業能力訓練重點之一，也是護理服務品質進步的基礎。而其中護理行政的研究是改進護理業務及護理教育的關鍵。然而，我國有關護理行政的研究相當匱乏，其研究的主題及方法更是甚少被深入探討。目的：本研究經由回顧榮總護理雜誌在1984－2003年間所發表的護理行政研究論文深入探討，並比較前後十年所發表的護理行政論文其內容之差異。方法：研讀所有文章後將其內容分析歸納入自行建構的36項編碼簿，並將結果輸入電腦以統計軟體SPSS 15.0版進行分析統計。結　果：（1）後10年論文數量較前10年增加1.5倍，（2）論文之第一作者職位以護理長居多（36.36%），（3）論文主題以人事管理為最多（40.43%），護理品質其次（23.4%），護理教育第三（12.8%），病人分類第四（8.5%），（4）研究工具以問卷調查法最多（63.38%），有做前驅研究（pilot study）的有22.34%，（5）研究方法以運用推論性統計法之文章篇數51.28%增至69.09%，增加17.81%最多。結論：本研究結果有助於護理研究者掌握在護理行政研究發展之方向，並朝提升護理品質，促進國人健康之目標邁進。

Background: Nursing research is very important for the training of nursing management. It is also the foundation of nursing services quality improvement. Among the nursing research topics, research on nursing administration is the key to the improvement of nursing profession and education. However, research on nursing administration is uncommon in our country. Moreover, the topics and methodologies of researches on nursing administration have rarely been explored.Purposes: The researchers reviewed all nursing administration papers published on VGH Nursing from 1984 to 2003 for analysis, and compared the differences of these articles published between the first and the second decade.Methods: The study method was to read all articles and then logged in the contents into the self-established 36 items code book. The results were analyzed by way of statistical software SPSS 15.0.Results: (1) the total amount of papers increased 1.5 times in the second decade, (2) most of the first authors were head nurses (36.36%), (3) most of the topic were: human recourse management (40.43%), followed by nursing quality (23.4%), followed by nursing education (12.8%), and patient classification (8.5%), (4) most research tool is using questionnaire (63.38%), and there were pilot studies in 22.34% papers, (5) inclusion of statistical analysis in the studies 51.28 % to 69.09 %,increasing 17.81%.Conclusions: The study results are helpful for nursing researchers to make clear the direction of future nursing administration research, and to promote the nursing quality for the increase of health status of our citizens.