Our Department Information

Health Services Department Information
Our Phone	(781) 477-7220
Our Fax	(781) 268-4096
Our Address	100 Bennett Street Lynn, MA 01905
School Nurse List	School Nurse List SY 2024-2025

Health Services Department Personnel
Director of Nursing
	Deborah Tanzer MEd.. BSN, RN (781) 477-7220 Extension 3344
	Deborah Tanzer, MEd, BSN, RN has been employed by the Lynn Public Schools since 2002. She has been the Director of Nursing since the summer of 2021. Prior to this, she was the Assistant Director of Nursing for 5 years. “Nurse Deb” spent the early part of her school nurse career at the Sewell-Anderson Elementary School then became the Homeless Education Liaison for the district before moving into a nursing administration role.
Deb received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Salem State University in 1993. The first 10 years of her RN career included working at North Shore Medical Center (Union Hospital) on a Medical Unit, Oncology Unit and Post-Operative Unit. Deborah went on to receive a Master of Education Degree in School Nursing from Cambridge College in 2007. She participated in a research project called An Intervention to Increase High School Students’ Compliance with Carrying Auto-Injectable Epinephrine: A MASNRN Study in 2008 and presented at the Annual School Nurse Conference. This research project was published in The Journal of School Nursing in 2012. Deborah was also the recipient of the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization Award in Recognition of Excellence in School Nursing Practice in 2009. Deborah is currently leading a team of 40 School Nurses, 9 Nursing Assistants, Substitute Nurses and Agency Nurses. Deborah has a current Professional Educator License in School Nursing and a Supervisor/Director License from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Assistant Director of Nursing
	Jacqueline Westrin - RN, MSN (781) 477-7220 Extension 3342
In 2015 Jackie joined the Lynn Public Schools Nursing Department, providing direct care to the almost 17,000 students in Lynn’s 27 schools. After discovering her love of training new school nurses, Jackie transitioned into the role of Assistant Director of Nursing in 2021. Jackie continues to train school staff and her fellow nurses as an American Heart Association BLS and HeartSaver CPR Instructor. Prior to school nursing, Jackie worked on surgical units at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC. Jackie received her Master of Science in Nursing specializing in Women’s Health from Loyola University Chicago, May 2014. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College in 2008 where she was a member of the Alpha Chi chapter of the national nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau.

Accounts Clerk	Nancy Dos Santos (781) 477-7220 Extension 3341