Nurses during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak will be front line health care worker providing care for all patient including cancer patients. Cancer patients were vulnerable group that need to be prevented from getting COVID-19. This study will describe the roles of nurses to protect cancer patients during this outbreak. The role of nurses preventing transmission in outpatient including conducting medical distancing to reduce number of patient visit health care. This can be done through screening by phone. Chemotherapy unit, nurses can prevent transmission through physical distancing, providing education and surface cleaning more often than usual in between patient. Oncology ward, nurses need to educate patient family regarding no hospital policy visit. This will reduce number of exposure people to people. The use of PPE wisely due to shortage of resources in may hospital facilities by reducing number of team member entering patient’s room, selectively usage of PPE required for certain nursing procedures, and nurses can perform number of procedures at once whenever nurses enter patients’ room.  During this crisis, nurses also need to maintain their mental health by managing their stress and anxiety by balancing between work and rest during shifts, eat sufficient food and healthy, and avoid alcohol and tobacco. Stay connected with friends and family through digital media. Hence, nurses can stay healthy so they care for patients during this pandemic.

BACKGROUND: The nurse will successfully apply high quality of care if maintaining their comptencies. The quality of nursing care is dynamic, and competency is needed to be adapted. Besides, The presence of clinical nurse educator (CNE) able to strengthen nurses’ knowledge and skill in the clinical setting. AIM: This study aimed to explore the benefits and challenges of CNEs. METHODS: A qualitative exploratory design was used in this study. Data were collected by focus group discussion with eight CNEs at Sanglah General Hospital Bali. Content analysis was used for analyzing the data. RESULTS: The findings of this study suggest certain advantages for the hospital, such as continuing professional education and becoming a role model. Greater incentive to learn, as well as personal rewards such as increased self-confidence, being appreciated, and trust. A lack of support from management related to educational preparation for this function, the ambiguous role, the necessity to continue giving direct care, and the CNE ratio with the number of nurses is not equal were some of the challenges that arose. CONCLUSION: CNEs serve a critical role in the clinical context. They help nurses with ongoing education and competency maintenance. While numerous excellent outcomes have developed for hospitals and CNEs personally, many of them confront several obstacles in fulfilling their work properly.