Introduction:Anxiety is the most common psychological reaction of the families of the patients in cardiac surgery intensive care unit (CSICU). Since nursing consultation is an approach to controlling anxiety. Focus on family needs and nursing consultation, have an important role in their satisfaction.. we aimed to determine its effect on anxiety and satisfaction of patients' families in(CSICU).

Methods: This clinical trial was conducted on fifty-four family members, of the patients in CSICU of a hospital in Kurdkoy, Iran, were selected by convenience sampling method and were sequentially allocated into intervention and control groups. For intervention group, nursing consultation program was carried out from admission to dischargewhile for control group just routine was performedThe data was collected via a demographic checklist and state- anxiety Spielberger inventory Satisfaction of received information questionnaires. and analyzed by chi-square, independent and paired t-tests using SPSS (v. 16) software.

Results: The results showed that the two groups had similar demographic characteristicsThe mean anxiety in intervention and control groups were59.50 ±5.51and 58.17±5.58. Respectively and this difference was statistically significant (P<0/001).The mean satisfaction from  information in intervention and control groups were 73.54±9.72and 53.78±4.34 respectively and this difference was statistically significant, So the intervention group was more satisfied from received information (P<0.01).

Conclusion: Nursing consultation was an effective on reduce anxiety and increase satisfaction of patients' families at the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit in our study