Dr Anne Hofmeyer

Welcome to my web page. I retired from the University of South Australia (UniSA) in July 2018. I hold an Adjunct Appointment with the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, UniSA. I held an appointment as Visiting Professor, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. I now write scholarly papers on topics such as: well-being, self-compassion, intellectual humility, leadership, and empathic distress fatigue. Recent publications:

• Gaffney, D. & Hofmeyer, A. (2024). Mattering is the Cornerstone of Nurses' Meaningful Work and Well-Being. Journal of Advanced Nursing, DOI: 10.1111/jan.16631  Early View.
• Hofmeyer, A. (2024). Time to apply the Northern Ireland blueprint for peace in Israel-Gaza. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. Category: Justice & Action. April, 2024, online.
• Hofmeyer, A. (2024). Tools to teach teens self-compassion. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, vol 28, no 3, p. 36-37.
• Hofmeyer, A. (2023). Foreword. Gaffney, D & Foster N. "Courageous Well-Being for Nurses. Strategies for Renewal". Johns Hopkins University Press. Maryland, U.S.A.
• Kennedy, K. & Hofmeyer, A. (2023). Acting compassionately for others is good for you. The role of compassion and burnout in health care providers. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) Annual Professional Conference Stronger Together: Uniting Nurses & Midwives for Global Health. Ridleyton, Adelaide, South Australia, 3 August, 2023.
• Hofmeyer, A. (2021). Debunking the myth of compassion fatigue. Research & Practice. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, vol. p. 4-7.
• Hofmeyer, A. & Taylor, R. (2020). Strategies and resources for nurse leaders to use to lead with empathy and prudence so they understand and address sources of anxiety among nurses practicing in the era of COVID-19. Journal of Clinical Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15520
• Hofmeyer, A., Kennedy, K. & Taylor, R. (2020). Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research. Collegian, 27(2), 232-237. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.07.00
• Hofmeyer, A., Taylor, R. & Kennedy, K. (2020). Fostering compassion and reducing burnout: How can health system leaders respond in the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond? Nurse Education Today, 94(11),104502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104502
• Hofmeyer, A. Taylor, R.  (2020). Knowledge for nurses to better care for themselves so they can better care for others during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. Nurse Education Today, 94(11),104503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104503
• Taylor, R., Thomas-Gregory, A. & Hofmeyer, A. (2020). Teaching empathy and resilience to undergraduate nursing students: A call to action in the context of Covid-19. Nurse Education Today, 94(11),104524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104524
• Gaffney, D.A. & Hofmeyer, A. (2020). Healing ourselves while healing others: Nursing during the coronavirus pandemic”. Eight Webinars, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, USA.
• Schubert, S. Kucia, A. & Hofmeyer, A. (2018). The gap in meeting the educational and support needs of women with Takotsubo Syndrome compared to women with an acute coronary syndrome. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 11(4), p. 133-144.
• Hofmeyer, A. (2018). Cultivating compassion through self-care. Australian College of Nursing Journal, The Hive no. 22, p.12-13.
• Hofmeyer, A., Toffoli, L., Vernon, R., Taylor, R. Klopper, H., Coetzee, S. Fontaine, D. (2018). Teaching compassionate care to nursing students in a digital learning and teaching environment. Collegian 25(3), 307-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.08.001

I hold a PhD (awarded 2002) and a Masters Degree in Primary Health Care (palliative care specialty) from Flinders University, Australia.

In 2003, following completion of my PhD, I was recruited to the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I served as A/Professor & A/Dean, Bachelor of Nursing Science (BScN) Collaborative Program, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

In 2004, I completed an Intensive Bioethics Course at the Joseph P. & Rose F. Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC. In 2005, I was awarded a prestigious two–year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Knowledge Translation funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) & Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) CADRE Program at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada. 

I served as Associate Professor at the Australian Catholic University and Deputy Director of the Australian Catholic University & St Vincent’s & Mercy Private Hospital in the ‘Nursing Research Unit’ in Melbourne, Australia. 

In 2008, I was recruited by the School of Nursing, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. I was a senior tenured nurse academic and served as Program Director: Higher Degrees by Research. I taught evidence-based practice, knowledge translation, palliative care, and qualitative research in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs. I supervised honours and higher degree/doctoral students.

I had disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaborations in Australia, UK, South Africa, USA, and Canada; in sum attracting over $2 million in competitive, collaborative funding. I co-presented research findings at local, national and international conferences, authored and co-authored refereed papers, wrote book chapters published by Oxford University Press, UK and Elsevier, and co-edited textbooks for Oxford University Press, UK. 

I have a longstanding interest in relational ethics, palliative care, compassion, caregiving, leadership, work cultures, and teamwork. I investigated the degree to which social processes (social capital) facilitate or hinder the flow and exchange of knowledge and resources in teams to promote productivity and better outcomes for all. I led a funded study with local and international researchers  to investigate the degree to which compassion can be taught to undergraduate nursing students.

In 2004, I was inducted as a member of The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (SIGMA) at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada. I was appointed to serve as Chair of The Research and Scholarship Advisory Council (RSAC), Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) from 2015-2017, having served as a member of the RSAC from 2012-2015. Sigma is the second-largest global nursing organisation with approximately 135,000 members. I was invited to participate in the Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing (GAPFON) Pan Pacific meeting in Seoul, South Korea in June 2015.  I served on the International Advisory Committee for the International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (Elsevier) and is a reviewer for nursing and allied health journals.

I was a ‘Member Scholar Academic’ at The International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada. I was a member of the Royal College of Nursing UK, and the Australian College of Nursing.

Prior to my academic career, I had a successful career in clinical nursing practice. I served in a range of administrative, teaching and clinical nursing roles. I had extensive clinical experience in radiation oncology; aged care; community and district nursing (Royal District Nursing Service); sole nurse practitioner in a primary health care clinic, and over 15 years in hospice & palliative and supportive care. In 1990, I  was commissioned to co-lead the establishment of a Hospice and Palliative Care Unit and community palliative care service in a tertiary hospital in South Australia.

Australian College of Nursing,Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia,

Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (Xi Omicron),

International Academic Nursing Alliance (IANA),International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care ,

Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, USA,

St James Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia.,

Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN)

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University of SA

• Master Primary Health Care Flinders University of SA