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Introduction; Ventilator-associated pneumonia is one of the most frequent nosocomial infections among ventilated patients in ICUs, associated with an increase in days of ICU stay, morbidity, and mortality. Its prevention is a significant concern in every hospital. The objectives; of the study is to evaluate the effect of nursing interventional Programme on knowledge and practice regarding ventilator care bundle in prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia among staff nurses working in ICU. Method; A Pre-experimental research design is subdivision of experimental research design. With experimental one group pre-test post-test research design was adopted for this study. A total of 50 staff nurses working in ICU were selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Result; The overall mean difference in knowledge between pre-test and post-test is 11.76 and overall mean difference in practice between pre-test and post-test is 5.48. The calculated 't' is 48.43 and the tabulated 't' is 1.684 P<=0.05 with DF of 49 level of significance of overall knowledge and in practice the calculated 't' is 29.73 and the tabulated 't' is 1.684 P<=0.05 with DF of 49 level of significance. The correlation (r) value 0.92 & 0.58 indicated positive correlation between pre-test and post-test knowledge and practice. In knowledge, chi-square values for educational status, years of experience, clinical experience in ICU and ICU training found that there is significant association between them. Hence hypothesis H3 is accepted. In practice, chi-square values for years of experience, clinical experience in ICU and ICU training were found that there is significant association between them. Hence hypothesis H3 is accepted. Interpretation and conclusion; Analysis data shows that Post-test level of knowledge and practice score is increased. Investigator concludes that nursing interventional programme can be an effective method of increased knowledge and practice regarding ventilator care bundle among staff nurses working in ICU.