I agree not all nurses know how to deal with insulin. I worked an impatient diabetic unit, when they were fashionable for insurance companies, and before the hospitals realized, the unit was not profitable to the hospital. Type 1 diabetics are the ha...
I think that you are a new nurse, and lack comfidence in your abilities as a nurse. It's a shame that your coworkers, and not giving you very good advice at times. One, Dilaudid can affect the respiration, & decrease it, just like other narcotics...