Background: Respiratory problems are the commonest illness of childhood they account
for 30-40% of acute medical admission to the hospital in children Aim of the study: the aim of the
study was to assess the practices of nurses versus mothers having children suffering from respiratory
problemsregarding chest physiotherapy .Design: A descriptive design. Subjects & Methods: Thisstudy
was conducted at emergency pediatric department and outpatient clinic and pediatric intensive care unit at
Children's Hospital, affiliated to Ain Shams University's Hospital. The total sample was 150 pediatric
nurses and 150 mothers having children suffering from respiratory problems. Tools: data collection
involved: structured interviewing questionnaire sheet to assess characteristics of the studied nurses and
mothers of children as well, their knowledge about chest physiotherapy, observation checklists to assess
the practices of the pediatric nurses as well as mothers regarding the procedure of chest physiotherapy.
Results: The present study revealed that, the mean age of the studied nurses 25.56±5.73, while, the mean
age of the studied mothers was 26.07±2.04. There was statistically significant relation between
characteristics nurses and their total level of Knowledge about chest physiotherapy. There was no
statistically significant relation between characteristics of nurses' and their total level of practices
regarding chest physiotherapy. Also, there was statistically significant relation between
characteristics mothers and their Knowledge about chest physiotherapy. Conclusion: nurses and
mothers were had satisfactory or sufficient regarding chest physiotherapy. Almost, the majority of
studied nurses had incompetent or incorrect practice meanwhile; all mothers had incompetent
practice regarding chest physiotherapy. there is difference between practices of nurses and
mothers regarding chest physiotherapy for children suffering from respiratory problems
Recommendation: Training programs should be on a regular basis for pediatric nurses with professional
physiotherapists and conduction for awareness session about chest physiotherapy for mothers
having children suffering from respiratory problems