i am on my 1st year and 4 months in renal nursing. we do have pd patients and what we do in our hospital is to set up the machines but that depends on how the patient would cope. if they do usually do everything at home then we will only provide them with the fluids and ,aterials and they would set it up themselves. but most of the time, its us,nurses who are bound to do everything for them since they are in the hospital. thanks:)