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Background: Nurses need to participate in many different educational activities that enhance and promote lifelong learning, professional and personal growth. Structured endotracheal educational program is developed to articulate new scientific approach by using researches in the clinical setting and apply research findings in clinical practice. Objective: The study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on critical care nurses’ practices regarding endotracheal suctioning of adult patients who are mechanically ventilated in hospitals at AL-Najaf, Iraq. Methodology: This study is carried out by using quasi-experimental of pre-test and post-test one group design. The study conducted over the period of time that started from December 10, 2019 and ended on February 20, 2020, by using observational schedule that concentrated on critical-care nurses’ practices related to endotracheal suctioning. The study involved observation of critical-care nurses’ practices prior to educational intervention and post-test evaluation of participants’ practices after four weeks from implementing ETS educational program. Results: The preliminary assessment of participants’ practices related to endotracheal suctioning indicated that most of the nurses were not be committed to the best evidence-based recommended practice guidelines. Dramatically improvement in participants’ practices occurred after implementing educational intervention with statistical highly significant indicators. Conclusion: In-service educational program is a cornerstone in clinical care settings in terms of promoting healthcare providers’ knowledge and practices that can lead to quality care and achieve desired outcomes of critically ill patient. Recommendations: emphasizing on providing in-service educational program is an imperative aspect to enhance practicum skills for novice nurses. Incorporating most recent scientific approaches plays vitally important role in tracking recommended clinical evidence that reflects on embracing change to daily practice standards. Keywords: Critical-care Nurses; Educational program; endotracheal suctioning; Evidence-based practice guidelines.