title: Step Up and Be Counted! Update: The National Standardized School Nurse Data Set.
abstract: There is a significant gap in meaningful school health data in the current national education and health data sets. Current data sets do not sufficiently capture the number and credentials of school health providers, the health of students who receive care at school, or the outcomes of school nurse interventions. Since 2014, school nurses across the United States have embraced Step Up and Be Counted!: A National Standardized School Nurse Data Set. The goal of Step Up is to collect school nurse data in a standardized, uniform format. Prior to the project, no data were recorded in a uniform manner across states and health services delivery models. Data have been reported for two years on who is delivering health care in school, selected student chronic conditions, and the disposition of students once they leave the school health office. Professional development sessions have been conducted at the national conferences of both the NASN and the NASSNC and at the state level. As the project matures, steps are being taken to increase the number of school nurses and states participating and to assure data accuracy and validity.
authors: Director of the Advanced Population Health, Health Systems Leadership and Informatics Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, University of Illinois-Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, IL.
authors: Martha Dewey
authors: MD
authors: Bergren
authors: Director of Research, National Association of School Nurses, Silver Spring, MD.
authors: Erin D
authors: ED
authors: Maughan
authors: Director of Student Support Services, Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE.
authors: Linda C
authors: LC
authors: Wolfe
authors: State School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO.
authors: Marjorie
authors: M
authors: Cole
authors: Manager, Student Health Services, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA.
authors: Kathleen H
authors: KH
authors: Johnson
authors: State School Nurse Consultant for the Office of Healthy Schools, Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson, MS.
authors: H Estelle S
authors: HE
authors: Watts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002568:Certification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D066264:Datasets as Topic; D005260:Female; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012572:School Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012573:School Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: chronic disease; data set; informatics; school nurse; workforce