If you are determining the number of nodes, and the p orbitals are degenerate, no. However, if the p orbitals are not degenerate then you will have three orbitals but pointed in three directions (along the three axes). YOu can read all about it here.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Chemistry/Shells_and_Orbitals
Determine the angular/ Radial nodes of n=4, l=2, and ml=-2
Does the m sub l value even matter?
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