Nurse Tessa

I started my nursing career as a CNA and worked my way from LPN to BSN. Along the way I worked as a perioperative nurse at an orthopedic surgery center. During my BSN program I fell in love with the public health nursing and began subbing as a school nurse. I am currently the District Nurse For Burlington-Edison School District. School nursing has been an amazing adventure. I love working with students and families for a longer duration throughout their education. It is gratifying seeing students learn to navigate their health and education goals. I enjoy the continual learning and research required to keep up in our schools and with our community needs. My goal is to be an asset to my community for health and wellbeing. I enjoy spending time with my two very  active kids, hiking, playing outdoors and volunteering at our local church.

Tessa McIlraith, MS,  BSN, RN

Burlington-Edison District Nurse

B-EHS/B-E North  Schools

Email: tmcilraith@be.wednet.edu

Nurse Sara

I am a lifelong Burlington resident, having attended Allen Elementary and graduating from BEHS (1995). I then attended and graduated from Seattle University in 1999 with my Bachelor's of Science degree in Nursing. Right out of college I worked at Seattle Children's Hospital where I was challenged every day and learned SO much! I have been a pediatric clinic nurse since 2001, with 14 of those years being spent at Skagit Pediatrics. I love working with kids, and am so excited to be doing so in the school district where I grew up! I have a husband and two beautiful children (one of which is a student in the district and the other one will be soon!).

Sara Dossen, BSN, RN

School Nurse (Bay View/Edison)

15241 Josh Wilson Rd.

Burlington, WA 98233

E-mail: sdossen@be.wednet.edu

Nurse Robyn

I have worked for more than 20 years in healthcare. My first experience in healthcare was in High School (MVHS class of 993) where I was a Junior Medical Volunteer, for 4 years at Skagit Valley Hospital. Skagit Pediatrics hired me in 1995 as a Certified Medical Assistant. I graduated in 2005 from Everett Community College with my Associate of Science in Nursing and most recently graduated this past July (2018) with my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University. I worked for Skagit Valley Hospital for 10 years both on the Medical Pediatric floor and in Family Birth. For the past year and a half I have been working as a substitute school nurse for BESD and I am so excited to be joining the BESD nursing team with Nurse Tessa and Nurse Sara. I am a wife and mother to Elinor 12 and Riley 10. I love to travel, go camping, and I Love all things Disney!

Robyn Nylander RN

School Nurse (LU and Allen)

Email: rnylander@be.wednet.edu

Nurse Christy

 I have been a nurse for 18 years, graduated from Skagit Valley College with an Associates of Science and Nursing. I attended West View elementary and graduated from Burlington-Edison high school in 1994. Over the course of my nursing career I have worked in the hospital setting working on cardiac, medical pediatric and orthopedic surgical floors. In 2019 I started working as a substitute school Nurse for BE. I found the energy of the school setting and the children to be the perfect change in my Nursing career. It is so much fun to work with these kids and to work at my old elementary school West View. I have a husband who also attended BE, 2 kids who attend Bayview and 2 dogs we adore.  Tiger pride runs deep in our house. 

Christy Hovik, RN

School Nurse (West View)

Email: chovik@be.wednet.edu