The Code of Ethics for Nurses states “the nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient”, and yet the nurse owes the same duty to self as to others. These equal obligations can conflict during pandemics when nurses must continually care for critically ill infectious patients, often under extreme circumstances including insufficient or inadequate resources and uncontained contagion. During pandemics, nurses and their colleagues must decide how much care they can provide to others while also taking care of themselves. Find out what nurses should consider when making these decisions. Find out what nurses should consider when making these decisions.