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, United Kingdom. I now write scholarly papers on topics such as: well-being, self-compassion, intellectual humility, and empathic distress fatigue. Recent publications:

Hofmeyer, A. (2025). Teaching Intellectual Humility in Doctoral Education in Nursing to Improve Empathic Engagement and Impact. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 0:1-3 https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.17109
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.