Can an LPN volunteer for community education programs?

If mother and child care is within YOUR knowledge base then go for it. The organization is asking you as a person with a nursing background to help them out. I haven't worked mother and child in years and would have to research the material before doing it.

Every nurse develops an area of knowledge, me I'm your woman for colorectal issues, some gynie, and senior's issues. I could do the talk you wanted after drafting an outline.

How can a volunteer "get into trouble" if she's honest.

"Hi, I'm nursesarah and I'm an LPN" is how you would start your speech. Google is your friend (just use the government websites and co-workers with the area of expertise you need) just like it is the publics. You could restrict the parameters of your talk ie: "I'm here to discuss care and feeding of your child up to 18 months. I have a list of resources that you can access for materials we don't cover today (lactation consultants, HIV nurses, etc).

Fiona59 gives great tips. If you will be a returning volunteer, you could give a simple questionnaire to see what topics or specific questions people have. When education and group with various needs and issues I like to use a question/ answer box. They drop off their questions and you can researcha dn answer at the next session... just be honest and dont fudge if you are not sure.

Yes, an LPN is a wealth of volunteer info. When I was an LPN I used published references to back up my teaching.

Lpn's can teach and run workshops in the private sector, as a volunteer and for hire. Hope you enjoy it!