“…7 The care of patients with chronic wounds is a clinical challenge for nurses, who must assess and manage treatment in a dynamic manner, considering the clinical situation, the stages of the wound, and the various factors that interfere with healing. 8 Wound healing assessment tools, such as the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT), originally developed in 1990 as the Pressure Sore Status Tool (PSST) and reformulated in 2001 with translation and adaptation to the Brazilian culture, are used to assess the healing process of wounds of various etiologies and to plan the care of patients with skin injuries. 9 The BWAT scale consists of 13 items (size, depth, borders, undermining, type and amount of necrotic tissue, type and amount of exudate, surrounding skin color, peripheral edema, peripheral induration, granulation tissue, and epithelialization) that are scored on a Likert-type scale of one to five, with a score ranging from 13 to 65, with lower scores indicating a better healing index.…”