{"id":277397,"date":"2026-03-31T12:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/melissa-gaffney-np\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:01:41","slug":"melissa-gaffney-np","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/melissa-gaffney-np\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Gaffney NP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>Melissa Gaffney se licenci\u00f3 en Enfermer\u00eda en el Rhode Island College (RIC) de Providence, RI. Mientras ejerc\u00eda durante varios a\u00f1os como enfermera titulada, desarroll\u00f3 su experiencia en el cuidado de pacientes hospitalizados quir\u00fargicos y de cuidados intensivos. Aument\u00f3 sus conocimientos, destrezas y habilidades volviendo al RIC para cursar un M\u00e1ster en Ciencias de la Enfermer\u00eda, con \u00e9nfasis en la funci\u00f3n de asistente de primera l\u00ednea quir\u00fargica. Una vez finalizado, fue certificada para ejercer como Enfermera Practicante, para proporcionar cuidados agudos a adultos y pacientes geri\u00e1tricos. Sus intereses cl\u00ednicos incluyen pacientes sometidos a cirug\u00eda general y p\u00e9rdida de peso bari\u00e1trica.<\/p>\n<p>Como empleada de Southcoast Health desde 2015, la filosof\u00eda personal de Melissa se ha alineado con el lema de Southcoast \"M\u00e1s que medicina\". 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