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The Importance of the CAPD Nurse in Dealing with Patient/Family Burnout

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CAPD in Children

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Burnout or treatment fatigue has been loosely identified in both children and parents who undergo home peritoneal dialysis regimens. “Burnout” refers to a condition of stress within the child’s family constellation which makes the CAPD/ CCPD regimen intolerable. In our experience with 70 families, burnout has been an inevitability. The variables are: when will it occur? in what form will it be manifested and how long will it last?

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  1. Sorrels AJ, Mullins-Blackson C, Moncrief JW, et al. (1982) Getting back to reality: Psychosocial adjustments in CAPD … continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Nephrology Nurse 4:22–23

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  1. T. L. Hall
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  2. M. Wilson
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  3. D. Davidson
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  1. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    Richard N. Fine M.D. (Professor of Pediatrics, Head) (Professor of Pediatrics, Head)

  2. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children’s Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Karl Schärer M.D. (Professor, Head) (Professor, Head)

  3. Pediatric Dialysis Unit, University Children’s Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Otto Mehls M.D. (Professor, Head) (Professor, Head)

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Hall, T.L., Wilson, M., Davidson, D., Foley, J. (1985). The Importance of the CAPD Nurse in Dealing with Patient/Family Burnout. In: Fine, R.N., Schärer, K., Mehls, O. (eds) CAPD in Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70213-6_28

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