A client is admitted for heart failure. The nurse assesses that the client’s blood pressure is below normal range and the apical pulse is 110 beats/min. The nurse knows that the increase in the...

A client is admitted for heart failure. The nurse assesses that the client’s blood pressure is below normal range and the apical pulse is 110 beats/min. The nurse knows that the increase in the client’s pulse illustrates which aspect of the client’s homeostatic mechanism?

1. Compensation

2. Decompensation