Karen Iseminger
Karen A. Iseminger, Ph.D., FNP is the Director of Ethics Integration for St.Vincent Health. As director, Karen is responsible for coordinating ethics resources and functions including providing consultative services to St.Vincent Health clinicians, patients, families and leadership.
Karen earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Ball State University in 1976 and her Masters of Science in Nursing at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis in 1987. She went on to complete her Doctorate of Philosophy from State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, in 1997 and her post-doctorate in Pediatric Management & Residency in 1998 at Northern Kentucky University. Additionally, she has a post-doctoral certification as a Philosophical Counselor.
She is also a Nurse Practitioner for twenty years, most recently she has provided psychiatric support of oncology patients as the Assistant Director of Quality of Life for Community Cancer Care. Previous academic appointments include Professor of Nursing at Anderson University and Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Indianapolis.
Publications include:
“Philosophical Contributions to ‘Quality of Life Oriented’ Nursing Education: The Other” in Philosophical Explorations through the Heart, Mind, and Soul of Nurses, Iseminger, K and Siccardi, A. Editors, AuthorHouse, January, 2008.
“Philosophical Considerations of an Internet-enabled Telephone and Computer Psychiatric Symptom Monitoring System: Maintaining the Balance between Subjectivity and Objectivity in Research” in Perspectives on Technology and Psychiatry, University Press (in press),
“Health Care Practitioner/Philosopher: An Ontology of Ostensibly Distinct Professions” in Sui Generis: Essays Presented to Richard Thompson Hull on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday, ed. Elizabeth D. Boepple. Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, 2005
“Quality of Life Considerations as the Foundation for Decision Making: An Integrated Program for Nurse Practitioner Students” in Crabtree, K. (Eds.), Teaching Clinical Decision Making in Advanced Nursing Practitioner Facilities, Washington, D.C., 2000
“Ethical Challenges in Treating Mother and Fetus When Cancer Complicates Pregnancy.” Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, Vol. 25, Number 2, June, 1998.