Michael Aldridge
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
1700 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78701-1499
NUR 5.142 (office location)
512 471-2858 (office phone)
Biography
Mike Aldridge, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS graduated from The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing with his BSN in 1997 and his MSN in Parent-Child Nursing in 2004. He holds certification as a pediatric critical care nurse and as a Parent-Child Clinical Nurse Specialist. His clinical practice has focused in general pediatrics, pediatric critical care, pediatric transport, and pediatric dialysis. In addition to working as a bedside nurse and flight nurse, Mike worked as a nurse educator and Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Pediatric ICU before beginning teaching in 2005.
Mike usually teaches pediatric nursing clinical courses, pediatric nursing lecture courses, and general assessment courses. He also teaches an elective course about complex health issues in children and families, and guest lectures in the clinical nurse specialist courses.
In addition to pediatric clinical issues, Mike writes and speaks about designing readable patient education materials, family presence during resuscitation and invasive procedures, and innovative teaching techniques.