Med/Surg experience???

Hope you all have some advice for me because I am deeply in need of it!! Here's my situation....My desire is to do public health nursing. I am a ADN nurse (2 months to be exact) with a BA in Sociology and beginning a BSN this fall. I plan to obtain my MPH/MSN (maybe NP not totally sure) after my BSN. After countless applications for hospital positions with all "no thank you's", I was hired with my state (was already a state employee so did no lose any sick/vac/benefits) working at a residential facility with the developmentally disabled/mentally ill. Here I only do PO meds and G-tubes; no IV's, trachs or vents. The pay is more than all of my classmates who are currently working in the hospitals BUT they are gaining more skills. Granted I am gaining more psych experience and constantly assessing, I kinda feel I am losing out by working here. I'll be doing seasonal work part-time at a flu shot clinic this fall and applied with a vaccination/well baby clinic also to garner more public health experience. I was recently told that the hospital that I did my clinical rotation is now accepting applications for their new new grad academy. If I get in there, I get my skills but with a paycut but I guess I could always do PRN. So, I guess I'm asking is med/surg experience really necessary or just preferred? Any advice please?? Thanks!!