title: Night nurses: why are they undervalued?
abstract: This is the last article in our series of three looking at sleep in hospitals and the role of the night nurse. This article discusses why night nurses sometimes feel they are undervalued and unappreciated by the nursing profession. The application of primary nursing is also reviewed and presented as a possible solution to the overroutinisation of night nursing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duxbury
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011321:Primary Nursing; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance