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Background: Mechanical ventilation term for artificial ventilation where mechanical means is used to assist or replace spontaneous breathing. Design & Methods: This was descriptive study aimed at assessing mechanical ventilator among nurse’s bachelor qualified nurses in intensive care unit of bahri teaching hospital during period from March to May 2017. The sample size consisted of (30) nurses, data collected by using questionnaire design for the purpose of the study and check list. The data analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS). The result showed that (90%) of study sample their age group between (21-35), knowledge of mechanical ventilation it found that (73%, 66%,76%). Regarding nursing intervention of patient mechanical ventilator, it was found that (63%, 73%) nursing care. Conclusion: The study concluded nurses’ knowledge and practice are varies from excellent to poor.