The student nurse is learning the Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses system. This system is coded according to which of the following axes? (Select all that apply.)
______ Gordon's health pattern groupings
______ Age
______ Time
______ Health status
______ Gender
______ Unit of care
Correct Answer: Age
Time
Health status
Unit of care
Rationale : The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes: diagnostic concept, time, unit of care, age, health status, descriptor, and topology. Diagnoses are listed alphabetically by concept, not by first word.
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What will be an ideal response?
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