Prenursing student--confused?? What are my options?

[sixela21]

So I am a prenursing (ASN) student nearing the end of completion of my nursing prereqs for my program (at a Technical school in my area). I hold no previous degree--I changed majors while finishing the prereqs for a nutrition program at a major university in my city I was attending. I decided to make a change, but stayed in the health field which is a passion of mine. My question is: Where can I go from here? After this summer semester is over, I will only have Microbiology left to take this fall. I currently have a 4.0 with all of my transfer credits for prereqs and the classes I have taken at my current institution.

I am working a job in an unrelated field right now full-time while in school 4 days a week, but want to get some experience in the health field--maybe a little lower in the food chain? I considered a certificate program at my school for patient tech, medical assisting, anything to get a foot in the door, etc., but that would just be more classes that I don't have time for. I really am leaning towards CNA--an institution near me has weekend classes that take two and a half months worth of Sat. classes to complete and then the exam. The classes needed for this school's nursing program are no where near the requirements needed for many of the other nursing programs, including the university I just left.

So even if I got my RN from this institution and wanted to do RN to MSN, wouldn't I still need that 60-70 hrs of just Gen ed classes that I didn't get from this institution or from the previous time at the other university because it was a different program with different coursework? I will have to wait an entire year to start the nursing program--next fall 2013, and most nursing schools are set up this way, so there's no where around it in my area. Are there any hospital jobs that can be obtained with minimal to no experience? I live in Atl. area.

I really want to be able to complete an RN to MSN program once finishing my coursework at this institution, but it may leave me having to take extra classes to meet the gen ed requirements..it doesn't make sense to me..should I just bite the bullet and go for the BSN? I ultimately want to be a DNP in Pediatrics. I'm still in my early twenties, but eager to get out there and start my career! I want to be so done with school like yesterday! But I success doesn't come easy I guess.