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Author |
Bigsby, Margaret Anne |
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Title |
The characteristics of nurses in relation to their attitudes about career planning and development activities |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2016 |
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Pages |
121 p. |
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Keywords |
Career planning; Attitudes to nursing; Nursing workforce; Ageing; Surveys |
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Examines nurses' attitudes to activities that promote career progression as well as training and education. Identifies demographic characteristics of nurses who are, respectively, most and least positive about career progression and training/education. Analyses existing data from the NZNO Employment Survey 2015, using quantitative methods to describe and compare responses with those from nurses registered with the Nursing Council of NZ. Investigates the relationship between nurses' attitudes about career progression and training/education and their experiences of participation in some of those activities. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1505 |
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Author |
Brunton, Margaret; Cook, Catherine; Walker, Leonie; Clendon, Jill |
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Title |
Where are we?: workplace communication between RNs in culturally-diverse healthcare organisations; Analysis of a 2-phase, mixed-method study: a report prepared for the New Zealand Nursing Education and Research Foundation |
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Report |
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Year |
2017 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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82 p. |
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Keywords |
Communication in nursing; Registered nurses; Surveys |
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Examines cultural influences on perceptions and practices of cross-cultural communication among registered nursing staff from diverse ethnicities in NZ. Employs an exploratory approach to obtain qualitative feedback by means of semi-structured interviews with 36 Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN) and 17 NZ Registered Nurses (NZRN). Uses data from the interviews to construct a questionnaire survey to seek responses from a random national sample of RNs. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1543 |
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Author |
Jones, Merryn Anne |
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Title |
'It's hard to ask': examining the factors inflluencing decision-making amongst end-stage renal disease patients considering asking friends and family for a kidney |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2017 |
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126 p. |
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Keywords |
Decision-making; Organ donation; Renal disease; Surveys |
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Seeks to explore the issues surrounding the request for a kidney by end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, in order to gain a better understanding of the decision-making process and motivations of patients as they choose or decline to approach others for a kidney. Interviews participants recruited from patients either on the deceased donor list (DDL) or who were pursuing Living Kidney Donation (LKD). Asks about the challenges of requesting a kidney donation and whether patients could identify strategies that might have been useful to them. Uses a qualitative descriptive approach to analyse interview data. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1544 |
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Author |
Cameron, Megan |
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Title |
Evaluation report of a postgraduate specialty programme: is a specialty nursing qualification delivering what it says it does? |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Whitireia Nursing and Health Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
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24 |
Pages |
37-45 |
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Keywords |
Evaluation; Primary health care; Nursing; Well Child/Tamariki Ora; Postgraduate study; Surveys |
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Examines whether a postgraduate programme for Well Child/Tamariki Ora (WCTO) nurses prepares nurses new to child health to understand primary health care, health promotion, community nursing and nursing theory. Uses on online survey devised by Plunket National Educators to evaluate the (WCTO) strand of the Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Health Care Specialty Nursing curriculum against the delivery of the programme. Assesses student experience and student perceptions of the impact of their learning on their nursing practice. Considers whether it enables nurses to consider the specific populations in their care, or to encourage individuals, families and communities to increase their skills in health-focused daily living. Seeks to ascertain whether the structure of the programme, based on the clinical integration approach, supports nursing practice and academic study. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1549 |
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Author |
Moana, Brenda; Crawford, Ruth; Isaac, Dorothy |
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Title |
Discussing sexual health with older clients: are primary health care nurses sufficiently prepared? |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Whitireia Nursing and Health Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
24 |
Pages |
63-67 |
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Keywords |
Sexual health; Assessment; Primary health care; Older adults; Surveys |
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Reports some findings of a study which examined primary health care (PHC) nurses' preparedness for engaging older adults in conversation about sexual health research. Examines the experiences and beliefs of PHC nurses working with older clients. Conducts three focus groups with 16 participants who discussed their experiences, values and perceptions of conversations on sexual health with older clients. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1553 |
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Author |
Kennedy, Barry |
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Title |
The Relationships between empathy and burnout in nurses |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2013 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Pages |
1v |
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Empathy; Burnout; Earthquakes; Acute nursing; Surveys |
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Surveys nurses at two hospitals during April and May of 2012. Uses bivariate correlations, group comparisons, analysis of variance and multiple regression to analyse the results. Notes that nurses were still experiencing negative emotional effects of the earthquakes and aftershocks of the preceding 18 months. Finds empathy levels and burnout levels were lower than the normative mean, and that empathy and burnout were negatively correlated with age and experience. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1565 |
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Author |
Sandford, Germaine |
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Title |
What do critical care nurses perceive as barriers to mentorship within the critical care environment? |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2013 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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151 p. |
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Keywords |
Critical care nursing; Mentorship; Student nurses; Novice nurses; Surveys |
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Seeks to describe the perceptions and experiences of a sample of nurses working in a critical-care tertiary referral centre in New Zealand, engaged in mentorship of new staff and/or student nurses. Undertakes a descriptive study which identifies four barriers within the critical care environment: the impact that clinical workload has on the provision of mentorship; lack of acknowledgement of the mentorship role; challenge of assessment of new and student nurses; insufficient training and knowledge opportunities for mentors. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1569 |
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Author |
Shaw-Brown, Helen Stewart |
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A survey of Canterbury nurses' perceptions of the activities, effectiveness and benefits of professional supervision |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2013 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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143 p. |
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Keywords |
Professional supervision; Canterbury; Surveys |
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Aims to enrol all Canterbury nurses involved in professional supervision (PS) to describe their experiences, its effectiveness and the benefits they gained. Includes both nurse supervisees and nurse supervisors, with more than half coming from the mental health sector and the remainder coming from a variety of nursing specialities. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1570 |
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Author |
Baby, Maria |
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Title |
Mental health nurses' experiences of patient assaults |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2013 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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1v |
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Keywords |
Patient assaults; Mental health nurses; Violence; Surveys |
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Interviews thirteen registered nurses and one enrolled nurse working in different nursing positions within the Southern District Health Board -- Mental Health Services. Codes data into 24 sub-themes related to the sequence and impact of assaults on the participants. Discusses the nature and impact of assaults and the supportive strategies associated with violence against mental health nurses. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1571 |
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Author |
Lala, Anita Carol |
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Title |
Variability in neonatal gentamicin administration influencing drug delivery kinetics |
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Book Whole |
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2016 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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109 p. |
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Drugs; Drug delivery; Neonates; Neonatal nurses; Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Surveys |
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Distributes a self-administered questionnaire to Dunedin Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses to investigate: the site of administration, comparing peripheral intravenous line (PIV) or umbilical venous catheter (UVC); and which dose of gentamicin would be used in two clinical scenarios describing babies of 24 and 32-weeks' gestation. Simulates gentamycin delivery and notes clinical variability. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1574 |
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Author |
Beaver, Peter James |
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Title |
Contemporary patient safety and the challenges for New Zealand |
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Book Whole |
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2015 |
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329 p. |
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Keywords |
Patient safety; Hospitals; Accidents; Risk; Surveys |
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Outlines the history, emergence, necessity, challenges, and strategies of the patient safety movement. Explores the challenges for staff working to reduce harm and implement safety improvement in NZ hospitals. Considers medical harm as a persistent and expensive threat to public health. Analyses health policy in the US, England and NZ using the theory of countervailing powers, and a shift from medical to managerial dominance. Reviews theories of accidents and risk, and the safety improvement literature. Provides staff perspectives from NZ by means of interviews with doctors, nurses and managers in two hospitals. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1578 |
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Author |
Connolly, Megan J |
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Title |
Clinical leadership of Registered Nurses working in an Emergency Department |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2015 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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109 p. |
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Keywords |
Registered nurses; Clinical leadership; Empowerment; Emergency Departments; Surveys |
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Employs a non-experimental survey design to examine the psychological and structural empowerment, and clinical leadership of Registered Nurses (RNs) working in an adult emergency department (ED) in a large tertiary hospital in Auckland City. Includes qualitative questions relating to those factors that support or inhibit their clinical leadership at point of care. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1579 |
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Author |
Hogan, Deborah |
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Title |
Transitioning difficulties of overseas trained nurses in New Zealand |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2014 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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66 p. |
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Migrant nurses; Transition; Surveys |
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Explores the experiences of overseas-trained nurses (OTNs)who have migrated to NZ within the last two years. Focuses on OTNs' lived experiences and the difficulties they may have experienced when making the transition to practice in the NZ health system. Employs an exploratory, qualitative descriptive methodology to elucidate themes. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1580 |
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Author |
Zambas, Shelaine Iris |
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Title |
The consequences of using advanced assessment skills in medical and surgical nursing: keeping patients safe |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2013 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Pages |
150 p. |
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Keywords |
Nursing skills; Patient safety; Surgical nursing; Surveys |
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Examines the impact of advanced assessment skills on patients in medical and surgical wards through nurses' stories of using these skills. Highlights the use of auscultation, palpation and percussion by nurses for complex patient presentations within a wide range of clinical situations. Conducts 12 interviews with five nurses from paediatric and adult medical and surgical wards in a large urban hospital in NZ. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1581 |
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Author |
Stodart, Jo |
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Title |
Infection prevention and control clinical governance in New Zealand District Health Boards |
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Book Whole |
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Year |
2017 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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62 |
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Infection control; Standards; Clinical governance; Hospitals; Surveys |
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Explores the current climate of infection prevention control (IPC) clinical governance in NZ. Audits IPC management plans in NZ District Health Boards (DHB) to evaluate which clinical governance factors facilitate or hinder IPC best practice. Employs a mixed-method, exploratory, qualitative study design to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten IPC nurses across NZ. Seeks to understand their perceptions of the IPC Standard, how it is implemented in their DHB, how the IPC risks are managed, and which barriers hinder IPC engagement. Analyses IPC documentation from all 20 DHBs to examine IPC clinical governance in each DHB. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1593 |
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