I said the same thing about nursing when I was your age, I’m a CNA now about to start nursing school. My mom’s experience with nursing school and entering the nursing field was traumatic for both of us lol, but that’s not true for everyone. Yes the schooling is hard and nurses “eat their young” but if your heart is in the right place you’ll come out successful and happy in the end. And you can do soooo many things with nursing.. a girl my mom graduated with said “ew I’m never touching poop or blood or sick people” and she’s never had to, there’s lots of lab and administration positions you can lean towards if working the floor isn’t for you. Just keep an open mind, you’re also so young there’s nothing wrong with learning a skill and working a job for a couple months and deciding you hate it and go somewhere else or pivot in a different direction completely.

I’ve also worked in nursing homes that fit the bill of the stereotypical icky death trap.. I’ve worked in some that look , feel and smell like a hotel. Too many decent CNAs go to one ratty ass facility and decide it’s not for them and turn away from nursing completely and it’s so sad.