Beyond Change

LOOKING THROUGH THE REVIEW MIRROR Jacquelyn K. Smiertka, RN Frequently all of us have the opportunity to look out the rear view mirror of our lives. Although we should look through this “mirror” as a foundation of our learning process sometimes we focus on too many bad experiences and cannot seem to move past them. Recently I looked out my rear view mirror and thought about the past history of bariatric surgery. I remember the Allied Health Science session that was formed a number of years ago when there were only ten or so of us sitting in a large room in such a small circle. It is now known as Integrated Health. Now membership is probably well over 800 consisting of psychologists, psyc