... T: Staff strain and social support in a psychiatric hospital following assault by a patient J Adv Nurs 1992, 17(4):480-486 Lanza ML: The reactions of nursing staff to physical assault by a patient ... indicating a higher rate of PTSD symptoms at ward A Generally, compared to normative data, mean Compassion Satisfaction scores (CS) were low at all the wards At ward A; mean CS was 30.2, (SD 6.5) Ward ... questionnaires regarding occurrence of post traumatic stress symptoms and their professional quality of life For assessing post traumatic stress symptoms, the PTSD Checklist, civilian version (PCL-C) was used...