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Ellen C. Rindner, PhD, ARNP
Biography / Credentials and Services

 

Location:
Midwest Psychiatry
7011 West 121st Street
Suite 105
Overland Park, Kansas 66209

Phone: 913.345.1191
Fax: 913.345.1464

Education:
B.S.N. (1976) Plattsburgh State University College,
   Plattsburgh, NY
M.S. in Nursing (1979) Texas Woman's University,
   Denton, TX
PhD in Nursing (2004) University of Kansas,
   Lawrence, KS

Certification:
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a child and adolescent psychiatric mental health nurse clinical specialist (CNS), and as a family psychiatric practitioner (NP).

Licensure:
Kansas
Missouri

Publications:
Rindner, E. C. (2007). Youth in Mind: Living with Tourette's Syndrome. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 45(8), 19-23.

Rindner, E. C. (2004). Using Freirean empowerment for health education with adolescents in primary, secondary, and tertiary psychiatric settings. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 17(2), 78-84.

Taunton, R.L., Bott, M., Koehn, M., Miller, P., Rindner, E., Pace, K., Elliot, C., Bradley, K., Boyle, D., Dunton, N. (2004). The NDNQI-Adapted Index of Work Satisfaction. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 12,101-122.

Rindner, E.C. (2000). A combined group process-psychoeducation model for psychiatric clients and their families. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 38(9), 34-41.

Rindner, E. (1998). Therapeutic milieu for child and adolescent psychiatric and suicide attempt. In J. Hirsch (Ed.), Association of child and adolescent psychiatric nurses, ACAPN guidelines for care and practice. Philadelphia: ACAPN.

Rindner, E. (1991). Recruiting, developing, and training staff for work in a multicultural setting of a children's psychiatric hospital. In R. L. Hendren & I. N. Berlin (Eds.), Psychiatric Inpatient care of children and adolescents: A multicultural approach. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Hajal, F. and Flaherty, E. (1988). Change on an adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit: A case study. International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 9(4),273-285.

Flaherty, E. (1979). Group singing and discussion as anxiety reducing agents for new patients in group psychotherapy. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas.

Groups Served:
Preschoolers
Children
Adolescents
Adults

Areas of Specialization:
ADD/ADHD
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavioral Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
   Generalized Anxiety Disorder
   Panic Disorder
   Separation Anxiety Disorder
      of Childhood
   PTSD
   Obsessive Compulsive
      Disorders
Mood Disorders
   Depression
   Bipolar Disorders
Schizophrenia

Grants:
Youth Telemedicine Grant with Dr. Eve-Lynn Nelson-January 2008-2009

Professional Affiliations:
International Society of Psychiatric Nurses-ACAPN
   Division
Sigma Theta Tau

Services:
Evaluation
Medication Management
Psychotherapy
Psychoeducation
Consultation