Cultural competence in culturally mixed teams
2. I am not the wash woman!
In this learning unit, you will meet Zara and Svenja, two nurses who are working together today on the morning shift.
Half-way through the morning Zara and Svenja meet in the nurses station. Watch the following video to see their encounter unfold.
Zara: Svenja, that's not at all what I imagined the nursing profession to be like in Germany, it's unreasonable.
Svenja: What's the problem?
Zara: I am a professional nurse, and here now I am supposed to wash patients?
All that washing people, here, there - I've had it up to here. I mean, the others can do that!
I am not the wash woman!
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Please use the following boxes to answer each question with one sentence.
Zara
"Hi, I am Zara. I am 24 years old and I'm from Turkey. In Turkey I trained as a nurse and after my training I worked in a Turkish hospital on a neurological ward. I came to Germany with my husband and I have now been working in this hospital on the medical ward for the past 6 months."
Svenja
"Good morning, my Name is Svenja. I am 29 years old and I was born in this town. I have two children and have worked in this hospital for 9 years. I like to work with new colleagues and currently I am Zara's mentor."