Background: The presence of critical patients who were treated in intensive care units can have a severe impact on their family's physical and psychological states, such as lack of hygiene, sleep disorder, decreased appetite, anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The negative effects can be mitigated by meeting family requirements while patients are in the intensive care unit. Objective: The purpose of this study is to see if there is a link between nurse motivation and their fulfillment of critical patients' family needs. Methods: The type of research is quantitative, descriptive correlational to determine the relationship between nurse motivation and meeting the needs of families of critical patients. The population in this study were all ICU nurses at RSUP dr. Ario Wirawan, totaling 32 people using total sampling technique. Results: . Treatment in the intensive care room does not only focus on the patient, but also needs to pay attention to the condition of the family waiting for the patient. The results of this study indicate that the intensive care nurses in the ICU at RSUP dr. Ario Wirawan Salatiga is in the good category with 50%. Conclusion: There is a relationship between nurse motivation and meeting the needs of families of critical patients in the ICU.