title: Proactive teams yield exceptional care.
abstract: Learn how a manager and her team used nine management principles to create a proactive nursing team while designing and opening a new inpatient unit.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania, Nursing and Healthcare Administration Program, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Christie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DiMichele
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaffney
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009042:Motivation; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035502:Trust