Step Up & Be Counted! (Step Up!) is a joint initiative of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants (NASSNC). The aim of Step Up! is for all school nurses across the nation to collect and submit specific, uniform data points for all their students. The program was initiated in 2014. In the second year of data collection, 2015-16, school nurses from more states contributed data, and many states reported on a larger number of school nurses reporting data. This article reports the progress we have made in data collection and reporting in year two.
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