TREATMENTS, technologies and responsibilities may have altered over the years but the care and compassion of Northern Tasmanian nurses has never wavered.
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The Beds, Books and Bandages exhibition celebrates the 125-year history of nurse education in the region and will open its doors to the public for the first time at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday.
With thousands of nursing students coming and going through the University of Tasmania over the years, the exhibition looks at the changes to the role and the importance of nurses in today's society.
From hospital training to the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, the Tasmanian State Institute of Technology and now UTAS, generations of nurses have completed their training in Northern Tasmania.
University of Tasmania School of Health Sciences lecturer Elaine Crisp said that the exhibition was all about showing the challenging, important and rewarding role of nurses in the community.
"The exhibition is based on an oral history that we did a couple of years ago and we discovered that this year was a lovely match of the 125 years of UTAS and 125 years of nurse training in Northern Tasmania," Dr Crisp said.
"We've started right at the beginning in 1890 and we're telling the story of how nurse training has changed over the decades.
"The duties that nurses undertake have changed greatly, there's a lot more technology now, there's a lot more medications, treatments and it's a lot more technical."
The exhibition includes information boards, a video presentation and equipment used during nurse training over the years.
Beds, Books and Bandages will run until February 14, 2016.
