Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Weaning from mechanical ventilation is challenging and requires expert knowledge and skill. Weaning can be defined as the process of assisting patients to breathe spontaneously without mechanical ventilatory support [Am. J. ⋯ Other reasons include, delay in tracheostomy placement. Staff are not initiating weaning guidelines early this may be due to lack of knowledge, lack of support or failure of the guidelines. Mechanisms are in place to support nurses at the bedside.