I am a unit manager. Got up at 5am today, worked 10 and 1/2 hours. Got home at 6 pm and 1/2 hour later got a call from the hospital- the VP said that since a night nurse called off, I should come back at 11pm and work as staff. So I would probably get about 2 hours sleep, then go back and take care of patients after being up for 15 hours. Now, I know she would never ask a staff nurse to do this, do you think it's fair to ask a manager? Would you do it? This has happened about 3 times in the past week or so.....I told her no because I don't feel it would be safe for the patients, but I'm sure I'm going to hear about it tomorrow.