I am thinking about getting a BSN as a second degree. My original plans were to get a PhD in clinical psychology but I do not want to commit that much time to school. I just started looking into physicians assistants and I wanted to know if they are in the psychiatric setting? I would assume that RNs take the place of PA in psychiatric hospitals. Is this true? I currently work in two psychiatric hospitals and the only staff that they have are doctors, RN's, MHA, and Social Workers.