I have a B.A. and thinking about pursuing a CNA

Based on your post, I don't think you'd like being a CNA.

Not one bit.

Yeah. While I don't think it necessarily means you're selfish, a HUGE part of a CNA's job involves poop and pee. Cleaning it, measuring it, observing it, charting it, emptying it, catheters, colostomies, ileostomies.

If you want to go for something in a hospital setting, perhaps you should try to become a clinical secretary. Or if you were willing to work in long term care, an activities assistant or coordinator, or a receptionist in a doctor's office.

A CNA position is not necessarily a foot in the door unless you're going for nursing...and if you can't stand poop or pee, I wouldn't recommend nursing, either. Look for a job in the healthcare setting where you're not doing direct patient care.

Also, what is your Bachelor's in?

And what exactly is it that you'd like to DO in the hospital?

Other healthcare positions are: social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, lab technicians, radiology, human resources, infection control, etc. Your eligibility to work in those areas depends on what your education is in, though, and working as a CNA doesn't really help your chances of getting those jobs beyond being basic healthcare experience.

Wanting to help people is a great thing, but I think you'll find if you wander over to the general nursing forum that it's been discussed many times - you will NEVER have a nursing job that doesn't deal with body fluids. It just goes with the territory. You'll come into contact with urine, feces, mucus, blood, wound drainage, all kinds of things. If your aversion to those things is something you think you can overcome, great. If not, you might want to look for another role in the hospital.