Since Corona at the latest, there has been a lot of talk about the nursing profession in Germany. Six stars have now done an internship for Sat.1. You have seen a lot. It also changed the ex-“country doctor”.
Berlin – The actor Wayne Carpendale (“The Country Doctor”) did an internship as a nurse this year.
“This is really a great, colorful job, which is also very stressful, which appeals to your emotions and your mental abilities and which is not particularly well paid,” said the 44-year-old of the German press agency about his Four-week nursing internship at the Helios Clinic in the Buch district of Berlin. It is a job “where you may not get as much gratitude as you actually deserve. We want to draw your attention to this. “
A total of six celebrities worked for one month as a nursing intern for the report format “The heart and soul task – celebrities in care”, which can be seen from Monday (8:15 pm) on Sat.1. In addition to Carpendale (trauma surgery), there were also comedian Faisal Kawusi (geriatrics and oncology), actress Jenny Elvers (obstetrics and premature baby ward), singer Patrick Lindner (ENT and obesity) as well as choreographer Jorge González (pediatrics) and model Lilly Becker (geriatrics) ) included. According to the broadcaster, the format originally comes from Belgium. The project had already been tackled before the much-discussed Joko-und-Klaas campaign # Not of course.
Nevertheless, the thrust is similar, as Carpendale explained. It is about “drawing attention to this profession. (…) And not just to say that the job is so hard, it has to be better paid. (…) Also to say: Hey, this is a great job. And we need people who do this job. “
Carpendale emphasized that Faisal Kawusi had a much tougher job as a nurse in cancer medicine than he did himself. But the project did not leave its mark on him personally either: “That would be weird if it were. It’s a matter of life and death. ”Because carers have a huge responsibility. “While you are doing such a wound care, you disinfect your hands twelve times. With wound care! And you do several a day. If you don’t do that, you are putting the patient in danger and you too. “
He approached the matter with humility and also with a certain intention, said the 44-year-old. “I wanted to take part in the project because in 2020 we were all standing on the balconies and applauding.” But: “Somehow I have the feeling that everything had fizzled out again at the end of last year. On the contrary: Suddenly there was such a grudge against doctors. “
Before participating, he stipulated that everything had to be “real”, said Carpendale, who had to pull out drains in the job, among other things. A second camera take or other interventions were out of respect for the clinic out of the question. And he visited every second patient without a camera. dpa
