The study was conducted as single-group pretest-posttest quasi experimental design in Diyarbakır Children's Diseases Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Maternal Service between March 2014 and May 2015. All mothers having lying babies in Diyarbakır Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Service has created the population of the investigation between the dates of collecting data. The sample size was determined by the sampling formula known as the universe minimal sample size 283. In the research, instead of random sampling, the mothers who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study. Data collection was achieved via a questionnaire querying the socio-demographic characteristics the mother and the baby and State and Trait Anxiety Inventory. Descriptive statistics, paired t-test, independent samples t-test, Wilcoxon, Kruskal-Wallis Variance, Mann-Whitney U Test, Analysis of Variance, Pearson Kolerasyon were used in the evaluation of data. As a result, it was determined that the planned education given to the mothers whose babies are lying in the neonatal intensive care service has an effect on the decrease of the anxiety level of the mothers.

Nurses remain at the forefront of patient care and are among the largest home care services providers. Professional nursing is assisting people during both health and disease. Nurse practitioners are expected to fill gaps in providing primary care. Family plays an important role in health and illness and family members freqently rely on health care workers to guide and support decision-making process. There is a lack of curricular and teaching models that address nursing practice with families in numerous courses and learning experiences. Increasing number of individuals receive care at home but significant proportion of these patients acquire infections during their care period. Nursing home residents frequently experience heavy and unnecessary care transitions towards the end of life.

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