theme 4. assaulted nurses often questioned their own competency. frequent comments were:
- "I always thought i was a good nurse, but maybe I'm not as good as I thought."
- "I tried to be therapeutic, but I guess I wasn't."
- "Why didn't I see it coming sooner ? "
- "I know the patient and never thought he would do it. I was wrong."
- "It really wasn't his fault."