Pre-Nursing hospital jobs?

I was sought of in this same situation, I put off my CNA testing and got a call back from a hospital so now I have to hurry and take my exam. I am not too worried about it though cant figure out why I really could use the cash and experience.
What I did do was because the economy is so tough right now why not try for a Phlebotomy lics. I am sure you will be able to pick up something with this during your rotations in an acute setting. If my job falls into place for me, I will still cont on with my Phebotomy course, it would only make me more profitable.

being a cna is not a waste of time. the cna program is now a pre-req for some colleges in california. as far as hospitals refusing to hire cna's ,that just shows that they would rather wear down the lvn's and rn's with those duties. not having cna's on a hospital floor is only taking away competent care. how can one expect lvns and rn's to handle 'all' the work without putting patients in harms way? cna's know patients alot better because they provide hands-on care and catch things that the lvns and rn's can miss; thus savings lives.
shame on any hospital that refuses to hire the 'grunts'.