Family Support Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Cardiovascular Surgery

Intensive care nurses spend a long time with patients and observe them closely. Intensive care nurses in the MV separation process; plays a special and important role. Recently, family support has been used in patient care. An increase in anxiety and comfort levels is observed in patients receiving family support. This study was planned with the aim of supporting the patient by the family member during the separation of the patient from the mechanical ventilator after cardiac surgery and to evaluate the comfort and anxiety level of the patients.