Objective To understand the application of Nursing Information Management Software to provide reference for Nursing Information Construction of our country. Methods A self-designed questionnaire was employed and according to stratified sampling principle, 334 nursing managers were enrolled in this study to investigate the awareness of nursing managers on the traditional nursing management model and the application of nursing management software. Results Nearly 96.41％(322/334) of nursing managers believed that the introduction of nursing management software is very necessary, 94.90％(317/334) of managers believed that the use of nursing management software could improve work efficiency in different degrees, and 98.09％(328/334) of nursing managers gave the management software good evaluation. But because of the software features, cost-effective and hospital attention and other reasons, only 52.99％(177/334) of the managers applied the software. Conclusions The use of nursing management software is the only way to develop the nursing work, but its function needs to be further improved, the software also needs to further promote the application.