摘要：Objectives: In the post-surgical setting,active involvement of family caregivers has the potential to improve patient outcomes by prevention of surgical complications that are sensitive to fundamental *** paper describes the development of a theoretically grounded program to enhance the active involvement of family caregivers in fundamental care for post-surgical ***: We used a quality improvement project following a multi-phase *** Phase 1,an iterative method was used to combine evidence from a narrative review and professionals' *** Phase 2,the logic model underlying the program was developed guided by four steps: (1) confirm situation,intervention aim,and target population;(2) documented expected outcomes,and outputs of the intervention;(3) identify and describe assumptions,external factors and inputs;and (4) confirm intervention ***: Phase 1 identified a minimum set of family involvement activities that were both supported by staff and the narrative *** Phase 2,the logic model was developed and includes (1) the inputs (***-and environmental support),(2) the ultimate outcomes (*** of postoperative complications),(3) the intermediate outcomes (*** changes),and (4) immediate outcomes (*** knowledge,skills and attitude).Conclusions: We demonstrated how we aimed to change our practice to an environment in which family caregivers were stimulated to be actively involved in postoperative care on surgical wards,and how we took different factors into *** description of this program may provide a solid basis for professionals to implement the family involvement program in their own setting.