To provide effective health instruction to patients, the medical assistant should equate intelligence and ability to learn with education level.

A pulse oximeter measures the amount of:

A) oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. B) carbon monoxide in the alveoli. C) carbon dioxide in exhaled air. D) oxygen bound to hemoglobin.

Identify the term for data that gathers data on the prevalence of disease

A) Mortality B) Nominal C) Morbidity D) Ordinal