Perawat memiliki peran yang penting untuk mencegah pasien Intensive Care Unit yang terpasang ventilator agar tidak mengalami Ventilator Associated Pneumonia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat pengetahuan perawat Intensive Care Unit terhadap pencegahan Ventilator Associated Pneumonia di RSUP Fatmawati Jakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode cross sectional dengan analisis deskriptif pada 57 perawat Intensive Care Unit. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan perawat Intensive Care Unit RSUP Fatmawati berada dalam kategori sedang dengan persentase 74,04%. Penelitian ini menyarankan untuk perawat mengikuti pelatihan pencegahan Ventilator Associated Pneumonia sebagai upaya peningkatan pengetahuan dan penurunan angka kejadian Ventilator Associated Pneumonia di ruang Intensive Care Unit.

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Nurses have important role to prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in the mechanically ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit. This study aimed to described the level of knowledge of Intensive Care Unit nurses in the prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia at RSUP Fatmawati Jakarta. This study used a cross sectional method with analytic descriptive to 57 nurses. The results of this study showed that the level of knowledge of Intensive Care Unit nurses at RSUP Fatmawati Jakarta are in the average-level with a percentage of 74.04%. This study suggested to following nursing training about Ventilator Associated Pneumonia prevention in order to increasing the knowledge level of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia prevention and as well as reducing the number of Ventilator Assoiated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit.