In a mixed methods study conducted by two of the authors of the current article (Moylan & Cullinan, 2011) that investigated assault and injury of psychiatric nurses, a supplementary finding arose relating to gender differences in perceptions of and responses to the assault experience. Gender difference was not a focus variable in the original study proposal, but it was one of the demographic variables on which data were collected. The original study was complex, consisting of both qualitative and qualitative segments.