Abstract: The basic objective of the survey was to establish the proportion of the nursing staff employed in hospitals who were assigned to Intensive Nursing Care units. Twenty one different types of units were identified with a total of 118 units. Established in twenty four of the twenty nine hospitals throughout the country, Nearly 12 % of registered Nurses where ICU's were established were allocated to these units but the proportion s ranged from a low of 7% in one major Board area, to a high of 26% in another major Board area