title: What's Up With "Step Up"? Step Up and Be Counted: The National Uniform School Nurse Data Set.
abstract: The health and well-being of children who attend school is not collected in any national data sets. To effectively advocate for the health needs of children where they live, learn, and play, it is essential to build a National Uniform School Nurse Data Set. In 2014, school nurses nationwide were invited to join the Step Up and Be Counted! initiative. To prepare nurses for data collection and reporting, an informational website was established, a marketing campaign was launched, and a data collection tool was developed. Trainings were held at the national conferences of both the National Association of School Nurses and the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants, and locally by state school nurse consultants and champions. The goal of the 2014-2015 academic year was to establish the processes for such a large-scale effort. In Year 1, only three initial data sets were collected from participating school nurses from 37 states. The first year yielded much data, and challenges have been identified and addressed.
authors.affiliation: Director, Advanced Population Health, Health Systems Leadership; Informatics Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Martha Dewey
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bergren
authors.affiliation: Director of Research, National Association of School Nurses, Silver Springs, MD.
authors.forename: Erin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Maughan
authors.affiliation: Director of Student Support Services, Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE.
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.affiliation: Assistant Director for School Health Services, Colorado Department of Education, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.affiliation: State School Nurse Consultant, Office of Healthy Schools, Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson, MS.
authors.forename: H Estelle S
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.affiliation: Health Services Coordinator, Pershing County School District, Lovelock, NV.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pontius
authors.affiliation: Manager, Student Health Services, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Kathleen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: State School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO.
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: Principal Consultant, School Nursing/Health Special Education Services Division, Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerdes
authors.affiliation: School Nurse at the Jenks/JMW School for the Arts, Pawtucket, RI.
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Mendonca
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D066264:Datasets as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012572:School Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012573:School Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: National data set; chronic disease; health office disposition; school nurse data Set; workforce