Mike Aldridge

• PhD Nursing Education, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
• Doctoral Student (completed 18 hours of coursework), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
• Master’s of Science in Nursing (Parent-Child Clinical Nurse Specialist), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Associate Director, School of Nursing, July 2022 – present, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

Associate Professor of Nursing (with tenure), August 2019 – present, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

Assistant Director of Nursing Program, January 2016 – July 2017, Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas

Assistant Professor of Nursing, July 2010 – July 2017, Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas

Pediatric Home Health Nurse, August 2016 – July 2017, Epic Health Services

Instructor of Clinical Nursing, January 2005 – July 2010, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing

Staff Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, September 2005 – July 2009, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, January 2005 – August 2005, Children’s Hospital of Austin

Staff Nurse, July 2000 – January 2014, Children’s Dialysis Clinic of Central Texas

Specialty Education Coordinator, Pediatric ICU May 2003 – December 2004, Children’s Hospital of Austin

Registered Nurse III, Pediatric ICU, December 1998 – May 2003, Children’s Hospital of Austin

Registered Nurse II, Blue Unit (Pediatric Post-Op/Trauma), December 1997 – December 1998, Children’s Hospital of Austin

• Best Teaching Practices for Psychomotor Skills
• Psychomotor Skill Acquisition
• Family Presence during Invasive Procedures and Resuscitations in the Clinical Setting
• Interventions to improve coping among parents who have medically complex children

Aldridge, M.D. (2023). An at-home simulation to teach undergraduate nursing students the concept

of medication adherence. Teaching and Learning in Nurisng, 18, 429-431.

https://doi.org.10.1016/j.teln.2023.02.007

Gallegos, C., Aldridge, M.D., Connor, K., & Zuba, L. (2022). Parenting a child with a chronic

illness during a pandemic. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 66, 64-69.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.05.009

Connor, K., Aldridge, M.D., & Gallegos, C. (2022). Understanding the experience of mothers of

medically complex children through photojournaling. Journal of Modern Nursing Practice

and Research, 2(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.53964/jmnpr.2022005

Aldridge, M.D. (2022). Maneuvering the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process: A guide

for critical care nurses and researchers. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 41, 24-28.

https://doi.org/10.1097/DCC.0000000000000506

Aldridge, M.D., & McQuagge, E. (2021). “Finding my own way”: The lived experiences of

undergraduate nursing students learning psychomotor skills during COVID-19. Teaching

and Learning in Nursing,16, 347-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2021.07.002 (article

nominated by journal editorial board for best article, 2021).Aldridge, M.D. (2019). Teaching nursing students the care of a patient with end stage renal disease

In a pediatric nursing theory course: A comparison of two instructional methods.

Nephrology Nursing Journal, 46(6), 605-610.

Aldridge, M.D., & Hummel, F. (2019). Nursing students’ perceptions of skills learning: A

phenomenological study. Nurse Educator, 44(3), 170-174.

DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000569.

Aldridge, M.D. (2018). Creative teaching methods for educators: A compendium of critical-

care concepts. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 37(5), 245-250

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DCC.0000000000000313

Aldridge, M.D. (2017). Nursing students’ perceptions of learning psychomotor skills: A

literature review. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 12, 21-27.

http://dx/doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2016.09.002

Aldridge, M.D. (2017). Standardized patients portraying parents in pediatric end-of-life

simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 13(7), 338-342.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2017.05.012

O’Connell, K.J., Fritzeen, J., Guzzetta, C.E., Clark, A.P., Lloyd, C., Scott, S.H., Aldridge, M.D.,

& Kreling, B. (2017). Family presence during trauma resuscitation: Family member

attitudes, behaviors, and experiences. American Journal of Critical Care, 26, 229-239.

doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2017503

Aldridge, M.D. (2016). How can nurse educators perform patient simulation efficiently?

Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 11, 8-14.

Aldridge, M.D. (2012). Closing word: Top ten ways to get the most out of a professional

conference. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 31, 133-134.

Aldridge, M.D. (2012). A personal reflection: The difficult decision to leave critical care.

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 31, 330-335.

Moellenberg, K.K. & Aldridge, M.D. (2010). Sliding away from Powerpoint: The interactive

lecture. Nurse Educator, 35 (6), 268-272.

Aldridge, M.D. (2009). Using models to teach congenital heart defects: A hands-on approach.

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 28, 116-122.

Aldridge, M.D. (2008). How do families adjust to having a child with chronic kidney failure?

A systematic review. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 35, 157-162.

Aldridge, M.D. (2007). Acute iron poisoning: What every pediatric ICU nurse should know.

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 26(2), 43-48.

Aldridge, M.D. (2005). Decreasing parental stress in the pediatric intensive care unit: One

unit’s experience. Critical Care Nurse, 25 (6), 40-50.Aldridge, M.D. & Clark, A.P. (2005). Making the right choice: Family presence and the CNS.

Clinical Nurse Specialist, 19(3), 113-116.

Clark, A.P., Aldridge, M.D., Guzzetta, C.E., et al. (2005). Family presence during

cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Critical Care Clinics of North America, 17 (1), 23-32.

Aldridge, M.D. (2004). Writing and designing readable patient education materials. Nephrology

Nursing Journal, 31, 373-7.

PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Jones, L., & Aldridge, M. D. (2012). Organization of a pediatric dialysis clinic. In S. Alexander,

B. Warady, & F. Schultz (Eds.), Pediatric Dialysis (pp. 53-72). New York, NY: Springer.

Clark, A.P., Guzzetta, C.E., Aldridge, M.D., Meyers, T.A., Eichhorn, D.J., & Voelmeck, W.

(2007). Family presence at the bedside: Changing hospital policy. In D.J. Mason, J.K.

Leavitt, & M.W. Chaffee, (Eds.), Policy & politics in nursing and health care (pp. 500-508).

St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier.

Aldridge, M.D., Dragich, B., & Clapp, J. (2010). Instructor’s resource manual for maternal &

child nursing care, 3rd ed. (London, M., Ladewig, P., Ball, J., Bindler, R., & Cowan, K.).

Upper Saddler River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Aldridge, M.D., Dowell, M., Dragich, B., & Rolle, Y. (2007). Instructor’s resource manual for

maternal-newborn & child nursing: family centered care, 2nd ed. (London, M., Ladewig,

P., Ball, J. & Bindler, R.). Chapters 2, 33-57. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Aldridge, M.D. (2001). Peritoneal dialysis home training manual. (Available from Dialysis

Clinic Incorporated, 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Suite 103, Austin, TX 78723)

OPEN-EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE BOOK PUBLISHED

Aldridge, M.D. (2022). Tools to Promote Open Pedagogy in the Classroom. Other OER Resouces.

1. Available at: https://digscholarship.unco.edu/oer_resources/1/ (70 downloads since

November 2022.)

Aldridge, M.D. (2021). Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing Practice. UNC

Faculty Open Textbooks. 3. Available at: https://digscholarship.unco.edu/textbooks/3

(As of November, 2022, this document was the third highest downloaded document from the

Digital UNC platform, with 5,660 downloads since August 2021.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Aldridge, M.D. (2019, November). Using games to teach leadership concepts to undergraduate

nursing students. Poster presented at Sigma 2019 45th Biennial Convention, Washington,

D.C.POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Aldridge, M.D. (2022, April). How students learned psychomotor skills during the pandemic: A

qualitative study. Poster presented at Western Institute for Nursing’s 55th Annual

Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.

Connor, K., Aldridge, M.D., Gallegos, C., & Zuba, L. (2022, April). Photojournaling as a data

collection method in qualitative research. Poster presented at Western Institute for

Nursing’s 55th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.

Poster judged best research poster among 85 other posters that day.

Gallegos, C., Aldrige, M.D., Connor, K., & Zuba, L. (2022, April). The stress associated with

parenting a child with medical complexity during the pandemic. Poster presented at Western

Institute for Nursing’s 55th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Portland,

Oregon.

O’Connell, K., Fritzeen, J., Lloyd, C., Scott, S.H., Thomas, B., Townsend, R., Baren, J., Okada, P.,

Brown, K., Chamberlain, J.M., Aldridge, M., Clark, A., Kreling, B., & Guzzetta, C.E.

(2012, July). Evaluating the effects of family presence on ATLS training during pediatric

trauma state evaluation using video review. Poster session presented by Karen O’Connell at

2012 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, Northern Kentucky.

O’Connell, K., Fritzeen, J., Lloyd, C., Scott, S.H., Thomas, B., Townsend, R., Baren, J., Okada, P.,

Brown, K., Chamberlain, J.M., Aldridge, M., Clark, A., Kreling, B., & Guzzetta, C.E.

(2012, May). Family presence during pediatric trauma team activation: What do family

members say about the experience? Poster session presented by Karen O’Connell at 2012

Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Aldridge, M.D. (2005, May). Make learning fun with the CCRN review game. Poster presented at

National Teaching Institute, New Orleans, LA.

Chambers, D. & Aldridge, M.D. (2005, February). A novel approach to improve patient care:

informal education program for hospital nurses caring for PD patients. Poster session

presented at the 16th Annual Symposium on Pediatric Dialysis, Tampa, FL.

Aldridge, M.D., Burkes, D., Martin, A., Moellenberg, K., Murray, J., & Smith, S. (2004, March).

Fatherhood beyond conception: Fostering paternal attachment. Poster session presented at

the National Conference of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, San

Antonio, TX.

Aldridge, M.D. & Chambers, D. (2004, February). A tool for decreasing dosing errors of epoetin

alfa in the home environment. Poster session presented at the 15th Annual Symposium on

Pediatric Dialysis, San Antonio, TX.

Chambers, D. & Aldridge, M.D. (2004, February). A tool for increasing nursing efficiency in the

care of the peritoneal dialysis patient. Poster session presented at the 15th Annual

Symposium on Pediatric Dialysis, San Antonio, TX.