Hu li za zhi The journal of nursing
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To date, most of the literature in Taiwan on clinical spiritual care has focused either on improving the spiritual well-being of patients or on developing assessment tools suitable for use with end-stage cancer patients. Few articles have discussed spiritual care in the context of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their family members. ⋯ Furthermore, this article supplements two recent interventional studies that targeted ICU patients in intensive care unit with direct and easily understood instructions for self-implementation of the two dimensions, vertical and horizontal, of spiritual well-being. The author hopes to provide a practical reference for implementing spiritual care with ICU patients and their families in clinical practice.