Nursing Best Practice Guidelines: reflecting on the obscene rise of the void

Drawing on the work of Jean Baudrillard and Michel Foucault, the purpose of this article is to critique the evidence-based movement [and its derivatives - Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPGs)] in vogue in all spheres of nursing.NBPGs and their correlate institutions, such as the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) and 'spotlight' hospitals, impede critical thinking on the part of nurses, and ultimately evacuate the social,...