There are those who would argue that, in light of theevidence-based movement, nursing has recentlymade a radical shift. Others would respond that, onthe contrary, a schism has been created betweenscholars as well as among clinicians. One thing wecan all agree on is that the evidence-based movementhas gained great momentum and is (re)producing aplethora of dissemination. As a consequence, con-temporary nursing discourse is saturated withevidence-based-related concepts (Walker, 2003). Theprofession of nursing has embraced evidence-basednursing (EBN) on the assumption that EBN resultsin ‘best practice’. Despite the rhetoric of the EBNmovement, however, we believe, along with Traynor(1999, 2002), that the rise of EBN is clearly linked tofinancial constraints, risk management, and publicdistrust of professionals (Holmes et al. , 2006). More-