IAHSS Advanced 2025/2026 Exam
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What do most security professionals agree that a primary function of the
security department in a healthcare setting should be? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Crime prevention.
Inherent Susceptibility: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A healthcare setting is a prime
target for crime, because of how the business of healthcare works.
Open access: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Healthcare institutions traditionally provide
an open access environment. This arrangement accommodates the huge
numbers of people who come onto the property on a daily basis. Once in a
healthcare facility, someone can easily pose as a visitor or contractor and
go through many areas without being questioned.
,Presence of Valuable Item: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A healthcare facility is
susceptible to crime due to the wide variety of portable, marketable items
used and stored there. More than 3000 items purchased by hospitals are
usable in the home.
Distracted Patients and Staff: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Criminals know that patients
and family members often are less aware of their surroundings due to the
medical and emotional issues with which they are dealing. Criminals also
see that the fast pace of the healthcare environment makes workers less
aware as well.
Whose personal safety is affected? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Patients: If patients
are concerned for their personal well being or the safety of their personal
property their recovery may be affected. They may decide to get healthcare
treatment elsewhere. Employees: employees with personal safety concerns
are less productive and less attentive to patients. Visitors: Visitors
concerned for their personal well being may encourage their loved ones to
seek medical care elsewhere.
Reducing the opportunities for Crime- The triangle of crime - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1. The opportunity to commit crime. 2. The desire or motivation to
commit the crime. 3. The ability to commit crime.
, Of the 3 components, desire and ability are for the most part, beyond the
control of the security professional. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reducing the
opportunity for crime is the key to crime prevention.
Crime prevention - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Crime prevention is the anticipation,
recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some action to
remove or reduce it.
Preventing Crime through physical security planning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To
adequately protect a healthcare environment and prevent crime a
comprehensive security plan must be developed. Its scope must extend to
the following: Protecting personnel, protecting information, and protecting
the physical plant.
Layers of protection: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. The perimeter barrier. 2. Barriers
at the buildings' exteriors. 3. Interior controls.
Perimeters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The first line of defense is a perimeter barrier.
A perimeter barrier defines the line or outside perimeter of the site. It can
be either structural or natural. An example of structural perimeter barrier is
a chain-link fence. An example of a natural barrier is a row of trees.
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Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
What do most security professionals agree that a primary function of the
security department in a healthcare setting should be? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Crime prevention.
Inherent Susceptibility: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A healthcare setting is a prime
target for crime, because of how the business of healthcare works.
Open access: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Healthcare institutions traditionally provide
an open access environment. This arrangement accommodates the huge
numbers of people who come onto the property on a daily basis. Once in a
healthcare facility, someone can easily pose as a visitor or contractor and
go through many areas without being questioned.
,Presence of Valuable Item: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A healthcare facility is
susceptible to crime due to the wide variety of portable, marketable items
used and stored there. More than 3000 items purchased by hospitals are
usable in the home.
Distracted Patients and Staff: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Criminals know that patients
and family members often are less aware of their surroundings due to the
medical and emotional issues with which they are dealing. Criminals also
see that the fast pace of the healthcare environment makes workers less
aware as well.
Whose personal safety is affected? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Patients: If patients
are concerned for their personal well being or the safety of their personal
property their recovery may be affected. They may decide to get healthcare
treatment elsewhere. Employees: employees with personal safety concerns
are less productive and less attentive to patients. Visitors: Visitors
concerned for their personal well being may encourage their loved ones to
seek medical care elsewhere.
Reducing the opportunities for Crime- The triangle of crime - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1. The opportunity to commit crime. 2. The desire or motivation to
commit the crime. 3. The ability to commit crime.
, Of the 3 components, desire and ability are for the most part, beyond the
control of the security professional. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reducing the
opportunity for crime is the key to crime prevention.
Crime prevention - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Crime prevention is the anticipation,
recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some action to
remove or reduce it.
Preventing Crime through physical security planning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To
adequately protect a healthcare environment and prevent crime a
comprehensive security plan must be developed. Its scope must extend to
the following: Protecting personnel, protecting information, and protecting
the physical plant.
Layers of protection: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. The perimeter barrier. 2. Barriers
at the buildings' exteriors. 3. Interior controls.
Perimeters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The first line of defense is a perimeter barrier.
A perimeter barrier defines the line or outside perimeter of the site. It can
be either structural or natural. An example of structural perimeter barrier is
a chain-link fence. An example of a natural barrier is a row of trees.
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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