Mock Board Hearing: Giving Students New Insights Through Experiential Learning

• A mock administrative hearing of a state board of nursing case is one simulation technique to teach the regulatory nature of nursing practice.
• Kolb's experiential theory of learning provided a catalyst for the utilization of this instructional intervention.
• The method required collaboration with multiple resources administrative, legal, and faculty with board of nursing experience.

Engaging students in learning the interface of nursing practice with the regulatory role of boards of nursing is a desired learning outcome of baccalaureate education. Kolb's experiential theory was the catalyst to design a teaching method for this content. The innovative learning strategy that mimics simulation techniques used in legal education is the mock proceeding technique. The aspect covered in the script of the mock proceeding was a nurse with a positive drug test. Colleges of law, have utilized mock trial methods to assist their students to engage the complexities of process of trial and administrative law. This is a description of the steps in the process that occurred to allow this learning strategy to occur and discusses some of the outcomes that were noted.