Abstract: Objective: To explore reasonable nurse staffing of neurology wards by calculating and comparing the nursing workload of neurology and the other general wards in medical and surgical departments. Methods: We measured,nursing working hours of 124 nursing items by self-recording and collect the average frequencies of each item per day through Hospital Information System. Then, the bed-to-nurse ratio, the daily total nursing working hours, and average time that nurses spent in caring for patients of neurology and general wards were calculated when all the parameters' values were determined. Results: In neurology wards, the daily total nursing working hours [(6021.31±37.60) min] and average time that nurses spent in caring for patients [ (172.53±1.08) min ] were higher than the other general wards, respectively. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The average bed-to-nurse ratio of neurology wards was 1 : 0.69, which was higher than the ratio of 1 : 0.55 in the other general wards. Conclusion: Compared with the other general wards, the neurology nursing workload is heavy and hospital managers should allocate more nurses.