The phrase "abusing patients" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing unethical or harmful behavior towards patients, particularly in healthcare settings.
Example: "The investigation revealed that the staff had been abusing patients, leading to serious consequences for the facility."
Alternatives: "mistreating patients" or "harming patients".
In this part of the study, pre-treatment data obtained from the hypnotic abusing patients were compared to data obtained from the non-abusing patients.
When a male nurse commits murder or is caught stealing drugs or abusing patients, "it's a double whammy for us," Mr. Tranbarger said.
The last member of staff at a private care home caught on camera by a BBC investigation abusing patients has pleaded guilty.
Allegations that Jimmy Savile was abusing patients and others at Stoke Mandeville Hospital were reported to staff at the time, an independent investigation is expected to say.
A San Mateo County prosecutor said she would file additional charges today against Dr. William Ayres, the former head of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, who is accused of sexually abusing patients.
In Michigan, federal investigators found that a nursing home was still open even though it had repeatedly been cited for "poor quality care," poor nutrition services, medication errors and employing people who had been convicted of abusing patients.
Just like the cancer patient, the substance abusing patient may die while waiting to "fail" in a level of care that's been unsuccessful multiple times.
Similarly, the proportion of REM sleep was higher in hypnotic-abusing patients than in non-abusing ones.
The intention of this part of the study was to compare treatment outcomes achieved in the hypnotics-abusing patients to outcomes achieved in non-abusing patients.
"We know that inhalant use starts early and that long-term abusers are among the most difficult drug abuse patients to treat," says NIDA director Nora Volkow.
The report says workers who abuse patients in one state can often be hired by "unsuspecting nursing homes" in other states because the states do not exchange information and there is no national list of workers who have abused patients.
