This is a case study of nurses’ perceptions providing care in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses participated in semi-structured interviews via Zoom about the impact of the pandemic on their working and personal lives. Drawing from affect theory, I examine the various factors that influenced nurses’ mental health and subsequent coping mechanisms. Nurses displayed a variety of emotions, and, importantly, they also discuss how their friends, family, patients, and colleagues feel. I argue that discussions of others’ feelings are a tool for nurses to introduce and cope with their own feelings towards the pandemic. Ultimately, I use these data to provide programming recommendations to better support Health Care Workers. As the situation is ongoing, additional research and recommendations will be needed.