Is this out of my scope?

[optimist]

I know in NC, the role of teaching is reserved for the RN with the LPN being allowed to reinforce. Well my sister who works in the school system asked me to participate in her classroom, coming in as a nurse to teach a preK class about handwashing.The nurse who usually works for the school is spread pretty thin between multiple schools and isnt able to. I was wondering, as an LPN would it be out of my scope of practice to teach children the importance of handwashing and how to prevent the spread of germs?

[wooh, BSN, RN]

I taught handwashing as a nursing student. After seeing a surgeon sneezing all over his hands then typing away on a hospital computer, this week the only way I'd see teaching handwashing as being out of your scope of practice would be if you were an MD. :)