The nurse is using the Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses system. What axes should the nurse realize are coded within this system?
1. Gordon's health pattern groupings
2. Age
3. Time
4. Health status
5. Gender
6. Location
Correct Answer: 2, 3, 4, 6
Rationale 1: The diagnoses are no longer grouped by Gordon's patterns.
Rationale 2: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that include age.
Rationale 3: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that include time.
Rationale 4: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that include health status.
Rationale 5: Gender is not an axis upon which diagnoses are coded.
Rationale 6: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes location.
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