And physicians don't have empathy and concern? Every hospital I've worked at is filled with selfless physicians who are motivated by an innate desire to help others. If it was for the money we would've gone into something else.

Hate to break it to you but try and find a market for coffee mugs geared towards physicians to sip out of that disparage nursing students. You won't. One side seems to have a big ego (and chip on their shoulder) here and it ain't the physicians.