4. Discussion:
There is no doubt that nurse's competences play
a crucial role in critical care settings. Best practices
and preventive measures are the important aspects of
nursing care for patients who receive MV and
experience a life threatening illness. They commonly
contract VAP that is considered as one of the most
significant and common infection in ICU.
Concerning demographic profiles and general
characteristics of the studied nurses' the findings
showed that all ICU nurses had a Bachelor Degree in
nursing science, and their mean age was (27.37±3.21)
years and the mean years of experience in ICU ranged
between (1-10) years. These results were in agreement
with Arlene et. al (2007) (28) Blot et. al, (2007) (29)
and Subramanian et. al, (2013)(30) who reported that
the mean age of the participant nurses' ranged from
(21-41) years and their educational level was Bachelor
of Science Degree in nursing and most of them had
hospital experience more than five years.
Regarding previous educational courses the
findings revealed that none of the nurses' had previous
educational in-service training courses about infection
control practice, MV, and VAP infection in ICU, and
its association with MV.