Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of death among children under five years of
age. Pneumonia deaths could be prevented if mothers recognized the dangerous signs and sought
appropriate treatment promptly. Aim: The current study aimed to; explore mothers' knowledge
regarding care of children having pneumonia under five years. Subject and Methods :
Descriptive e xp loratory research design was utilized. The convenient sample for 125 mothers of
children who under five years with pneumonia and not companied with congenital heart diseases
admitted
in pediatric medical units at Minia University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics . The
required
data was collected through structured interview questionnaire which developed by the
research
investigator to assess mother's knowledge regarding care of children with pneumonia.
Results:Apparently,77 .6% of the mothers in the current study had satisfactory level of knowledge
about pneumonia while, 22. 4% had unsatisfactory level. The majority (82.4%) of the mothers
had satisfactory level of total knowledge regarding care of children having pneumonia. It was
found that, the mothers' educational level had a significant positive correlation with mothers'
total knowledge about pneumonia. Conclusion: It was concluded that the highest percentage of
the mothers had satisfactory level of total knowledge regarding care of children having
pneumonia. Urban and employed mothers had satisfactory level of knowledge rather than the
younger, rural and housewife
mothers. Recommendations: Pediatric nurses should educate
mothers about dangerous signs
of pneumonia, ways of prevention and the importance of early
medical seeking of disease.