The student nurse is learning the Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses system. This system is coded according to which of the following axes?
1. Gordon's health pattern groupings
2. Age
3. Time
4. Health status
5. Gender
6. Unit of care
Correct Answer: 2,3,4,6
Rationale 1: Health patterns is not a axes upon which diagnoses are coded.
Rationale 2: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes age.
Rationale 3: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes time.
Rationale 4: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes health status.
Rationale 5: Gender is not a axes upon which diagnoses are coded.
Rationale 6: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes unit of care.
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