Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the human resources arrangement of rehabilitation wards in general hospital.MethodsAll works of the nurses in a rehabilitation ward within 7 days were recorded with data of average man hour of Taiwan's Hospital as the standards, the daily working hours of the related number of the nurses were calculated correctly on the missing items.Resultsthe ratio of beds to nurses was 1∶0.45, the work consumed the longest time was transfusion, others followed were medical observation, distribution of medicines, prevention of bedsore, change of bed sheets and health education and so on.ConclusionThe number of hours of rehabilitation care is to be increased; it will be more reasonable to arrange rehabilitation care training in the evenings.

Key words: rehabilitation wards, human resources for care, arrangement