Nurses have played a crucial role in protecting the health of patients in long-term care facilities. Notably, patients in long-term care facilities have underlying medical conditions that make them vulnerable to severe forms of COVID-19. Unlike what used to happen before the pandemic, nurses in long-term care facilities are now getting extensively involved in ensuring safety and protecting the care environment for patients (Shu-Ching et al., 2020). They contribute to the development of care plans for patients and in the development of safety policies to govern movement within the facilities including patient visits. Even for patients with immunodeficiency diseases such as HIV, nurses strive to maintain contact with them during the pandemic just to ensure that they are adequately protected (Barrett & Heale, 2021). As Shu-Ching et al. (2020) point out, nurses have found themselves providing critical care to patients quite often during the COVID-19. These changes in roles should be a lesson to nursing institutions and nurses regarding the importance of expanding the scope of role preparation before a pandemic such as COVID-19 strikes.