… because of their unique combination of nursing expertise and skills and commitment to quality health care. Today, more than 270,000 NPs across the nation in primary, … patients each year, providing health care that can be trusted. The IHP is proud to have been part of that mission since 1985, when students in the first class of our … of Nursing offers seven specialty areas, graduating more than 100 NPs each year. To the more than 1,500 nurse practitioner alumni, the hundreds of faculty, clinical …