The student nurse is learning the Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses system

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

ANSWER

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.