Yes he has no plans to just work at the ADN/RN level for very long. He would go on for a BSN. Originally we were thinking the more general A.S. then do the traditional BSN (or something else) and that is what we put on his application when he applied to this Collegiate Academy last year but then we found out he can get the AAS/RN by high school graduation then bridge to BSN after that and that the RN to BSN program at the university only takes a year and only costs about $9,000. Then work as an RN for awhile and eventually to to a CRNA program. The decision is made now because it determines coursework for the rest of high school. So now he is in the third quarter of his first year (8th grade) at the collegiate academy and they are being asked again what pathway they are moving forward on because it determines their schedule for next year. They make the schedules in Feb for fall. For example, he is in honors algebra 1 this year and If he is going to do the Associate of Applied Science, Nursing degree he has to take Algebra II this summer vs if he is doing the Associate of Science he doesn’t do summer school and will take algebra II later next school year. From what I can tell it is easier to switch from the AAS to the AS rather than the other way around. So if he decides it isn’t for him, he could switch back to the more general AS pathway.
To your point, that is exactly my conflict. He says he wants to be a nurse. He is the one who told us he wanted to attend this new Healthcare Collegiate Academy in our district instead of the regular high school that our oldest attends and she is off to Texas A&M next year for a more traditional college experience. But he is young. So I am thinking about what if he changes his mind? So, I’m torn about him being locked into a career path so young. On the other hand- great opportunity as I have heard of so many people here who don’t get into nursing school the traditional way. It is very competitive at most schools around here to get into the nursing program. They get accepted into the University but don’t get into the nursing major program so they have to change their major or transfer. (Texas A&M, UT Austin, etc)
And I say locked in, cause it feels like it a little, but he’s not really locked in, he could change pathways/majors.
Even at the regular high school my daughter had to make similar decisions in 8th grade. Here in Texas they have to pick an endorsement in One of five areas: STEM, Arts/Humanities, Business , public service, or multidisciplinary. And it determines their coursework. I remember it felt so limiting and restricting to choose one! I said multidisciplinary and the guidance counselor said no they discourage that and then we had to choose between STEM and Arts/humanities- but she’s good at both! She picked one but ended up earning three endorsements. 
STEM, Arts/Humanities, and Multidisciplinary!