Getting gear in leveling dungeons

I noticed everyone skipping bosses because that way they get faster xp, which is of course great if you have BOA. I'm here on my first character and it's a priest heal... kinda pointless going to dungeons for me.

Oh, they are instant, no worries there. Lots of healers are needed. The thing is if I go I have no gear so it becoming too hard to heal at this point. Now if I'd gotten some gear it wouldn't be a problem, but even the extra dungeon bags that give a blue item only seem to want to give agi items.

It's still somewhat doable at this point, most tanks without BOA pull as much as I can heal, but I can feel it's getting tougher and tougher to just keep 'm up without having to sit down every fight. And BOA geared tanks are impossible to heal, my heals are just too small and my spirit is so low it stacks nothing with the talents.

Can't people just kill the bosses, get more xp AND get gear? Isn't that why you go to a dungeon in the first place? I begin to understand why there are no healers when leveling; at some point you can't heal it and you can't get gear either. Questing ain't great as a healer, though I'm used to it.

I'm already in a nice guild, but not many people are low level or at the same level.

Just a bit of venting. No other option than leveling some dps first and getting BOA, I guess.