Writing full electron configuration

[CNourian2H]

If it says to write the full electron configuration in the ground state for an element, do you ever need to include the different subshells that show unpaired electrons?

for example: for the full electron configuration of nitrogen, in the 2p-orbital do you write it out as [2px1 2py1 2pz1] or just [2p3]

[MAC 4G]

For the full electron configuration for Nitrogen in the ground state, it would be up to 2p^3. You would do this if it asks for the configuration of a specific element and/or ion.

At least that's how it has been for the homework and the midterm so far. But, conceptually I think it's important to know that the components of the 2p orbital (in the Nitrogen example) and how electrons would fill and fit into the shell.

[Cooper Baddley 1F]

It seems like the only time 2Px, 2Py, 2Pz are ever important is just to understand the three shells in the p and how 6 valence electrons fit there, or to understand how the configuration is supposed to look.

[Kallista McCarty 1C]

You can just write 2p^6 (for a full shell)! That form of writing includes 2px, 2py, and 2pz