Situating nursing science and public health within a shared context

The purpose of this editorial is to discuss the opportunities associated with situating nursing science and public health within a shared context as an avenue for nursing to capitalize on its strong foundation for promoting health equity and mitigating the many social and structural determinants of poor health. We highlight one example of how this might be done, by housing departments of nursing in larger colleges of public health. Conducting nursing science within a college of public health presents both opportunities and challenges which are discussed here. Considering the benefits and challenges of collectively situating nursing and public health with a shared context creates numerous natural starting points for productive conversation, collaboration, and discovery that can benefit both public health and nursing's ability to interrogate past harms and transform our approach to move towards a more healthy and equitable future for all.