ASN pursing BA in Health Science? Yay or Nay?

[smellyacres, BSN, RN]

So I'm currently in nursing school getting my ASN. I eventually want to go on to get a MSN.

UCSF has a partnership with JFKU, for those with an ASN, to first obtain their BA in Health Science, NOT a BSN (sidebar: their also partnered with GGU but I'm interested in JFKU as it's main campus is in so-cal where I live). Students are then given priority to be accepted to UCSF's MSN program, HOWEVER it is not a guarantee.

My question: If I go this route and then don't get into UCSF, I will have an ASN and a BA in Health Science. Will I be eligible to apply to other MSN programs without a BSN?

(without having to do a bridge ASN-BSN-MSN program, that would be a bit redundant)

Also, are there other benefits to an RN getting a BA in Health Science?

Thanks for the help all :)

[Inori, BSN, RN]

Put it this way if you can maintain high GPA and can get into to thier MSN then you don't need the BSN. The flip side is if you struggled in a few nursing classes and your gpa is no longer as competitive, now you need that BSN for work and to apply to other colleges. Hmm nope not that i can think of BA benefits .. shoot lots of my classmates have BA/BS in other fields and as far as employers are concerned we only have ADN and aren't qualified to apply. Good luck!

I'm taking the route with the most backups built in: ADN, RN-BSN, then MSN.

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

You don't necessarily "need" a BSN to get a MSN. You'll just need a bachelor's degree and likely some added prereqs such as health assessment, for example. Most associate's programs don't include that in the curriculum while bachelor's programs all seem to, and that's probably a prereq course for most nurse master's programs.