title: National standardized data set for school health-services: step up and be counted!
abstract: The National Association of School Nurses and National Association of State School Nurse Consultants Joint Work Group agreed on identified common data points and an initial process for nationwide data collection by school nurses. The emerging process was presented at both the 2014 National Association of School Nurses and the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants annual meetings in San Antonio. The time is now to begin the process for ALL school nurses to collect data to begin building a national school nursing data set. This article is the second of a series and outlines the how, why, and when for collecting identified data indicators. It provides the talking points and collection tool necessary to Step Up and Be Counted!
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Mendonca
authors.forename: Erin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Maughan
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Martha Dewey
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bergren
authors.forename: Kathleen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerdes
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pontius
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D012573:School Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009626:Terminology as Topic