Assertiveness training during early undergraduate years has the potential to increase students' confidence and ability to act as patient advocates.

Commentary on: Hanson J, Walsh S, Mason M, et al . Speaking up for safety’: a graded assertiveness intervention for first year nursing students in preparation for clinical placement: thematic analysis. Nurse Educ Today 2020;84:104252. The importance of patient safety as a healthcare priority and goal has grown steadily in the past years. Nevertheless, specific patient safety training provided to nurses and other healthcare professionals is still incipient—especially in terms of communication skills to challenge unsafe practice within multidisciplinary teams. In situations in which patient safety is endangered by the …