AI patient simulation for nursing programs

Expand clinical capacity without adding faculty hours.

Voice-first AI patients give nursing students on-demand clinical practice. Every encounter is scored against a nurse-written rubric and synced to your faculty dashboard.

  • Scored automatically by rubric
  • Practice outside lab hours
  • Multi-day patient cases
Faculty dashboard overview: 9 assigned, 8 practiced, 5 of 9 completed, 83% average performance and 3 students needing attention
Student app during a live voice encounter with the simulated patient Margaret Chen
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One student, one patient, start to finish.

From the faculty assignment to the voice encounter to the cohort view, in under 90 seconds.

The pressures nursing faculty are working under.

New role, no time to build

New faculty often inherit a course with little orientation and no time to build cases, tools and rubrics before the term starts.

How MiRA helpsReady-to-assign cases with prebrief, rubric and debrief points built in.

Workload without support

Nursing faculty workload keeps growing: larger cohorts, limited lab space, scarce placements, office hours and paperwork all compete for the same hours.

How MiRA helpsStudents practice on their own schedule. Completion tracking and scoring run automatically.

Roles that keep expanding

With placements short, faculty are expected to build simulated experiences that develop clinical reasoning and communication.

How MiRA helpsA maintained case library covering clinical judgment, communication and SBAR escalation.

Hospital professional development educators face the same pressures. Source: Aldhafeeri & Alanazi (2024), BMC Nursing 23, 506. Read the study.

What nurses told us

Nurse testers are shaping MiRA's design and clinical content. Here's what we heard and what we're building next.

  • Faculty time

    Practice that runs without faculty in the room

    Students complete encounters on their own. Faculty review scored results instead of observing every session.

  • Design

    More intuitive, more visual

    The interface keeps getting easier to use. Next up: icons, visual cues, and color coding for faster reading at a glance.

  • Clinical realism

    Scenarios that feel like a real shift

    Nurses asked for context before entering the room. We're adding handoff reports, orders, meds, and vitals to every scenario.

  • Patient voice

    Patients that talk back like patients

    Richer two-way conversations, so nurses can ask follow-ups and assess the way they would at the bedside.

  • Workflow

    Built around real workflows

    Nurse-shared med-surg workflows and U.S. lab units are shaping how MiRA fits into the day.

Student home screen showing an assigned patient panel with completion progress

A simulated patient scenario that evolves day by day.

Students practice recognizing changes, reassessing, and responding as the scenario evolves. Browse the nursing simulation scenarios.

  1. DAY 1
    Recognition

    Spot early warning signs and act.

  2. DAY 3
    Reassessing treatment response

    Fever persists after 48 hours, prompting reassessment.

  3. DAY 6
    Discharge readiness

    Teach-back, discharge planning & care transition.

Students talk. The patient responds. Faculty see how the encounter unfolded.

Conversation

Patient · Margaret Chen“It's a lot worse when I try to sit up. Maybe a seven.”
Student“I'm going to take a look at your incision and see what may be causing the pain.”
Patient · Margaret Chen“Okay. It feels warm around the edge, too.”

What faculty see

Pain level7 / 10
Reported symptomWarmth at incision
Clinical concernPossible infection
MiRA records whether the student followed up on the reported change at the incision.

Assign, track and review performance in one dashboard.

See everything in the nursing faculty simulation dashboard.

MiRA Clinical · Faculty dashboard
Faculty dashboard Monitor completion view: 1 not started, 3 in progress, 5 completed, 0 overdue, with live status and time on task per student

Assign scenarios

Pick cases per section and set due dates.

Monitor completion

Live status and time on task for every student.

Score and compare

Cues, decisions and escalation timing across the cohort.

Student names are blurred. Performance views are in preview with pilot programs.

Designed with nurses

Written with licensed nurses. Refined in pilot programs.

30+
Licensed nurses

Scenario writing, review and testing, Jul to Aug 2026.

970+
Simulation sessions

Across product testing and simulation use.

Built around nursing education standards.

Clinical Judgment

Aligned with the Next Generation NCLEX® framework, like recognizing cues and deciding when to escalate, with live AI patients. See the clinical judgment model mapping.

AACN Essentials

Scenarios can be designed around relevant AACN Essentials domains, including Person-Centered Care, Quality and Safety, and Interprofessional Partnerships.

INACSL Standards

Encounters are designed with the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice™ in mind, including defined objectives, in-scenario guidance, and structured debriefing.

Student Privacy

MiRA is designed to support FERPA-aligned handling of student data, with access and data governance considered throughout the AI pipeline.

NCLEX® and Next Generation NCLEX® are registered trademarks of NCSBN. Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice™ is a trademark of INACSL. MiRA Clinical is not affiliated with or endorsed by NCSBN, AACN, or INACSL.

A clinical and technical team extending simulation beyond the lab.

  • Dee Narla
    Dee Narla
    Founder & CEO

    Vision, partnerships and pilot programs.

  • Jacqueline
    Jacqueline
    Clinical Implementation Officer

    Clinical workflow, product review and pilot implementation.

  • Rusheel Sable
    Rusheel Sable
    Founding Engineer

    Voice engine, student app and faculty dashboard.

Why programs add MiRA now.

Unlimited safe practice

Students repeat cases as often as they need, outside lab and facility hours, with no risk to a patient.

Standardized experience

Every student meets the same patient, objectives and rubric, across sections and campuses.

Faculty relief

Grow the cohort without growing the hours faculty spend observing and scoring. See the faculty dashboard.

A library that keeps growing

New patients, new specialties and updates as practice standards change. Coming next: chest pain, fall risk and respiratory distress. Browse scenarios.

See MiRA with your faculty team.

A 30-minute walkthrough using a patient case aligned with your curriculum.

Request a demo