3/30/26

Critical Care / ICU

Curious about what it’s really like to work in critical care as a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP)? In this video, I sit down with Katie Beaudoin, a seasoned critical care PA with nearly 20 years of experience, to pull back the curtain on ICU life.

✅ The real-life pros and cons

✅ ICU schedules, salaries, and the most common (and wildest) procedures PAs and NPs perform

✅ How autonomy works for PAs and NPs in the ICU, especially at night

✅ The differences between PA vs. NP training for critical care

✅ How to break into ICU medicine as a PA or NP—even if you’re coming from another specialty

Whether you’re a PA, NP, student, or just someone who wants a raw, behind-the-scenes look at the ICU, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

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