[Is there a need for a therapeutic education with patients suffering with open-angle glaucoma? Preliminary inquiry regarding knowledge and patient adherence].

Purpose: To evaluate the knowledge and compliance of patients with open-angle glaucoma in order to propose an approach by therapeutic education, validated for other chronic pathologies.

Methods: A questionnaire-based interview of all patients in the waiting room of the glaucoma center is performed by the same health care professional.

Results: Out of 200 patients, 73% know they will need to be treated throughout their lives and 95% are aware of the risk of blindness in the absence of appropriate treatment.

[Drug administration to paediatric inpatient].

Objective: Available commercial drugs in France are often unsuitable for children. The aim of this study was, for every medicinal form orally or parenterally administered, to identify and to quantify difficulties met by the nurses administering drugs to paediatric inpatients and to propose solutions to main identified problems.

Material And Method: The study was realized in 14 hospitals by direct observation.