Is it the right thing to do?

Hello, all. I have been viewing the posts on allnurses for a few weeks now. I am hoping I can get some help advice. I, too, am considering a career in nursing. I am just not sure. The step to it seems so scary.

I am currently taking classes at a local tech school. I just discovered that I only need one more quarter (3 classes) to complete my prereqs for LPN. That means that as long as my grades are good, which I think they are and I do well on the psych exam, I can get into the program next Spring. However, I kind of keep wondering if this is the right thing for me to do. I am currently working as a cna at a nursing home. I have been employed there for nearly a year; this is the only experience I have with nursing. The attitudes of our LPNs scare me a little. They think cna are less then they. We are only there to wipe butts. I love my residents. I am a caring person with a HUGE heart. I am not that strong of a personality, but I want to take care of people. I like being a CNA, I just absorb the negative attitudes of the people around me. I hope that I if I do decide that nursing is my thing then when I get into a hospital where I have more say in the care of my patients (not being a cna reporting to an LPN) then it will be better. I am thinking that I would like to work in hospice. I do plan to bridge to RN so I can get into case management, but I need money to help support my family.

I thought of social work, but 6 years of school is scary too. I am 34, I have had many jobs but never a career.

Any advice is appreciated!