Allocation of nursing man - power has become very important in nursing administration today. The "Ward" is the basic and the most important unit in a hospital. The head nurse is the basic level administrator in the hospital. She is responsible for ward administration. This paper reports on an exploration of the time spent by head nurses'" Daily Work". The time distribution of head nurses is: 1.Related to patient care: 44.73%, about 3.56 hrs/day 2.Related to nursing administration: 33.86%, about 2.7 hrs/day 3.Related to environment management: 6.96%, about 0.55 hrs/day 4.Related to on job training and study: 5.73%, about 0.46 hrs/day 5.Private: 5.69%, about 0.45 hrs/day 6.Others: 3.05%, about 0.24 hrs/day