I am a new grad and have been working as an RN for 5 months. Everyone I work with is very experienced and I am definitely the newbie. Yesterday I witnessed an LPN with 30 yrs experience straight cath a male without using sterile gloves. I asked if she had sterile gloves and the iodine that is necessary (we didnt have a kit so all items had to be gathered seperately). I found the iodine and brought it to the bed side. She then asked for a packaged wipe on the bedside to clean the insertion area. I asked her if she wanted me to do the iodine and she replied that she was just going to do the wipe but I could if I wanted to. I did and realized that she never put on sterile gloves only clean gloves. She completed the procedure without ever applying sterile gloves and I am feeling absolutely awful that I didnt stop her and tell her she needed sterile gloves. The whole procedure was totally against what I learned in nursing school. I am thinking about going to the nurse in charge of training and telling her what happened in confidence. Thinking maybe she can hold in inservice on proper techinique. I do not feel comfortable talking to the nurse who did the procedure about it. It would not go well. I have been stressed about this for the last 24 hrs! Any advice? I'm afraid I could be held responsible for not intervening as well.