Progress Attained By Members of Nurses’ Aide Class AT HALFWAY MARK . . . Sixteen members of the Red Cross nurses' aide class at Dee hospital, under instruction of Mrs. O. C. Hammond, R. N. (standing in center foreground) this week began the second half of their training period. The class is shown above in its hour of assembled theory in¬struction (eleven a. m. to twelve noon) out of the three hours of time spent daily in training, six days a week. These women will be "capped" about Jan. 31, and a new class will be organized soon after. WOMEN INVITED TO ENTER NEXT TRAINING CLASS Great Benefit Possible, Declares Consultant For Utah, Idaho "The progress of nurses' aides in Ogden is highly satisfactory," de¬clared Miss Ruth Ellis, nursing consultant for Utah and Idaho for the Pacific branch of the American Red Cross. "But there aren't enough of them," she added. Miss Ellis was in Ogden Thurs¬day to look over the program and help the local nurses' aide commit¬tee arrange for a new class to be¬gin in February. The present class of 16 women, includes a foreign- born mother with four children, three working girls and a number of women with home interests they have sacrificed to assist in over¬coming the local shortage of trained nurses by relieving those here of some of their lesser duties. The class will be concluded about Jan. 31. Wage Attractions "The army is taking as many trained nurses as it can get, en¬listing them through the Red Cross," Miss Ellis explained. "This, and the fact that higher wages of¬fered by industrial centers and such places as Hill field here are luring nurses from hospitals, is making it imperative that more nurses and more nurses' aides be trained. "Nurses' aides have no profes¬sional standing, but they are of in¬estimable help in releasing nurses for the many duties requiring trained hands. A nurse with the as¬sistance of a nurses' aide can han¬dle twice as many cases competent¬ly, and sometimes even more than that. "Sixteen nurses' aides in the local hospital will have the same effect as having about eight more trained nurses, but in the present pinch, it seems safe to say that it will take at least 50 aides in a town this size to keep nursing services on a par with what they should be." Presence Felt Mrs. Oetta Glasscock, supervisor of nursing at Dee hospital, where the aides are training under Mrs. O. C. Hammond, R. N., said the presence of the 16 women is being felt at the hospital already, al¬though they have only been train¬ing on the hospital "floor" and in the wards since last Monday. "The nurses are finding more time available for the skilled work, now that they have assistance in the more arduous tasks," Mrs. Glasscock reported. Conference Held Members of the nurses' aide com¬mittee met Thursday afternoon with Miss Ellis to plan for the or-ganization of the new group in February, and to plan ways of getting enrollees. "The emergency is national," Miss Ellis said. "The shortage of nurses is being felt in every state, every county and every community. We must have more nurses to protect our own homes and our own health, and in addition we must have many, many more nurses' aides to make the work of the nurses we have more effective. Every nurse that enters the army or the navy and every nurse that leaves hos¬pitals or private practice to enter industrial fields makes the situa¬tion more critical in your own com-munity. Time, Intelligence "For women who have time and who have intelligence and person¬ality, but who are lacking in the qualifications for nursing, there is no better way they can serve their communities and their country than by training as nurses' aides." Women may apply for enrollment in the new course at the Red Cross office on the ground floor of the city-county building. Applicants are requested to call in person.