Where are they now Becky Harris Olympic Journalist

   For most of us, watching the Olympics on television is the closest we’ll ever be to the thousands of athletes from across the globe who arrive to compete. Even if we had the opportunity to attend, the chances of getting up close and personal with the participants would be nearly impossible. For one former IEW student, however, this opportunity became a  reality last month at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. We interviewed Becky Harris, who is now a journalist, about her IEW experience. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. I have a younger brother and a twin brother. We were quite competitive, so looking back, I pity my mom as she homeschooled us all the way to high school graduation. What are you doing now? I am currently still living in Indy. I did my undergraduate work at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) in journalism/Spanish, and after graduation in Olympics. I'm incredibly grateful for having had such a strong writing curriculum to carry me through college and now as I start my professional career. Becky added that the assignments she most enjoys now are longer feature stories that require more creativity in style and organization than basic news articles. Her IEW training helped equip her with the tools needed to be successful. When we asked what piece of advice she would give to other IEW students, her reply was, â€Å"Give IEW a chance. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Your writing will improve, and you’ll turn out alright in the end.† Enjoy a few of the recent stories Becky wrote from the Olympics in Rio de Janiero: Galloway Wins Taekwondo Bronze for Team USA Team USA's Olympic Diving Competition Team USA's First Olympic Sailing Medal Since 2008 Laura House  discovered IEW while homeschooling her three children and now enjoys helping other families transform their students' abilities by introducing them to IEW. She serves as the  Hybrid Schools  Manager and as an exhibitor at homeschool conventions. Laura and her husband, Gary, live in Virginia, close to their three grown children who are also grateful for the skills they learned from IEW.​    Log in or register to post commentsLaura Houses blog Log in or register to post comments

Medicine / Nursing Case Involving Claims of Negligence - 550 Words

Medicine / Nursing Case Involving Claims of Negligence (Case Study Sample) Content: Case Involving Claims of NegligenceStudents NameInstitutionDateCase Involving Claims of NegligenceDeath As Result of OverdoseA drug overdose can be said to occur in a patient if the physician administers an amount of a drug exceeding the conventional prescription. However, In this case, the death cannot be ruled to be as a result of an overdose as the amount of morphine administered to the patient was enough to relieve him of the pain he was undergoing after that accident. Instead, the death can be stated to be as a result of combined drug intoxication (CDI) (Mulheron, 2013). As stated in the case, the patient is said to have had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse; he even had alcohol and heroin in his system at the time of the accident. CDI occurs as a result of the simultaneous use of multiple drugs, whether such drugs are prescription, recreational, or over the counter drugs. In this case, after the intravenous injection of morphine into his system, the patie nt had a mixture of morphine, alcohol, and heroin in his blood system, a lethal concoction. It is always a warning that opiate medications like morphine should never be mixed with alcohol, a mixture that can result in coma or death. Since the patient was able to communicate, a negligence claim against the doctor can be successful as the doctor should have asked the patient about his history with drug abuse, as is common in emergency situations (Mulheron, 2013). The doctor could also have been able to feel the smell of alcohol emanating from the patient and used caution on what pain killers to administer to the patient. However, the doctor could build his defense based on the fact that the patient failed to mention that he was under the influence of an illegal substance such as heroin at that moment, a component that also transformed the morphine into a killer drug.Death as a Result of Failure to Administer Blood.Since the patient was conscious and termed as alert at the time, he ref used a blood transfusion, a claim for death as a result of failure to administer blood may not be successful against the physician. In the US, autonomy is used to refer to the respect for a persons privacy and the right to be left undisturbed after making their decision on a matter. According to article 9 of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, a patient who can express his or her wishes at that particular time have to be respected (Mulheron, 2013). Therefore, the patient, in this case, had expressed his stand on blood transfusion, of which the doctor recognized and hence, cannot be sued for negligence on that part. Death as a Result of a Subdural Hematoma.A Subdural hematoma is a common occurrence as a result of a severe head injury. In this case, the patient was involved in an automobile accident, and head injury might have occurred. However, the case does not state if any injury was sustained in the head after his examination in the medical-surgical unit. Brain scans r eveal if a patient has had a subdural hematoma, which is relie...