[Importance of the health sciences for nursing]

The studies of Public Health (or Health Sciences) and theoretical nursing are two relatively recent sciences in Germany. I will analyse how these two disciplines could interact and benefit from each other. My analysis will focus on three different levels: 1. The theorectical level which deals with certain central concepts of both sciences like man, environment, health, resources. 2. The domains of action like health promotion in direct nursing, in a hospital and in a community. 3. The level of strategies of action, where it is important to define combined strategies for practical ends. On these three levels common contents are evident. That is why I will propose to integrate the studies of Public Health and Nursing much more than it has been done in the past.