The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of teachers. It defines key terms like role, responsibility, characteristic, competence, function, and quality. It also outlines the various roles of a teacher such as instructional role, administrator role, faculty role, and personal role. The document discusses the desired characteristics of effective nurse educators under various competencies like facilitating learning, learner development, using assessment strategies, curriculum design, pursuing quality improvement, engaging in scholarship, and functioning within the educational environment. It provides examples of qualities that effective teachers should possess.