Clocky – the Runaway Alarm Clock

Throughout “The Masque of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allan Poe, the ebony clock is a significant symbol that contributes to the theme. The theme of the story is that no person can escape death, and the clock shows that time is ticking on the inevitable ending for all of the people's lives. First, the clock is specifically located within the black chamber of the palace. Since “The panes here were scarlet --a deep blood color,” the room portrays death and darkness. This is a chamber that nobody dares to enter. The clock is a reminder that time is running out and everyone will eventually die. Additionally, whenever the clock strikes a new hour, the masqueraders freeze in terror and “the giddiest grew pale.” When the clock chimes, they are nervous

Waking up in the morning is a difficult task for some people, whereas for others waking up may seem like a natural routine. Well for those people who have a hard time waking up or just wanting to get up at a specific time there was a device invented called the alarm clock. This device was originally invented by ancient Greek philosophers around 250 B.C. and over the years mechanical alarm clocks were invented by Levi Hutchins in 1787 (History of Clocks. (n.d.). Retrieved November 6, 2014.), then came radio alarm clocks invented by James Reynolds (The History of Alarm Clocks {INFOGRAPHIC}. (n.d.). Retrieved November 6, 2014.), and finally the modern alarm clocks with IPhone or IPod docking bays. My objective is to write a proposal for option one on the final project, in which I will take a Sony Dream Machine model ICF-CS15iP alarm clock and discuss my experience using and interacting with the device. Also I will examine how other people interact and review their experience in using the Dream Machine.

Christensen, M., Dodds, A., Sauer, J., & Watts, N. (2014). Alarm setting for the critically ill patient: A descriptive pilot survey of nurses' perceptions of current practice in an Australian Regional Critical Care Unit. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 30(4), 204-210. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2014.02.003.

Clinical alarm systems in acute and critical care health care settings are an assistive way to maintain communication between the client and the nurse. Awareness and comprehension of health devices is crucial to provide nurses with appropriate strategies for critical or non critical interventions that can lead to sentinel events. The ECRI, a nonprofit institute, has identified alarm hazards as the “Top Ten Health Technology Hazards” for 2014. (cite) In 2013 The Joint Commission published a Sentinel Event Alert proposing a National Safety Goal to focus on alarm safety (cite). This topic is pertinent information to be recognized and set as an achievable action in improving patient safety.

The clock has put a time restraint on most activities because we feel as though we only have a certain number of hours in the day and therefore we are constantly running around causing chaos because we are supposedly very busy. With the introduction of smartphones, the wristwatch has become an accessory because we are always on our phones checking what time it is. I have noticed that I am constantly checking my phone for the time in class because I lack the attention span to sit through a long lecture.

Alarm fatigue is a critical problem in health care setting. Nurses may not respond to alarms because they know that most of them are false or non-actionable. Sometimes, the alarms become the noises that nurses no longer hear because they are heard all the time. In addition to ignore alarms, nurses may also reduce audible alarm levels, change alarm limits, and inappropriately silence or deactivate alarms (Cvach, 2012). The alarm fatigue has led to sentinel events and deaths of patients (Cvach, 2012). Therefore, the alarm fatigue problem has to be fixed in order to improve patient safety. This paper will introduce interventions based on evidence-based practices and leadership theories related to alarm fatigue prevention.

Porter’s model aims to enable managers not only to understand their industry environment but also to shape their firm’s strategy. The five competitive forces are threat of entry, power of suppliers, power of buyers, threat of substitutes, and rivalry among existing competitors. “As a rule of thumb, the stronger the five forces, the lower the industry’s profit potential- making the industry less attractive to competitors. The weaker the five forces, the greater the industry’s profit potential – making the industry more attractive” (Rothaermel, 2013, p. 65). It is recommended that managers position their company in an industry in such a way that relaxes the constraints of strong forces and

According to the Joint Commission 2014, clinical alarm systems are designed to alert staff for any potential patient problems, but they can jeopardize the patient safety, if they are not managed and responded properly. Nurses are known for their ability of multitasking, but everything has a limit. Due to multiple interruptions and distractions, including alarms systems, nurses develop alarm fatigue and try to tune them out and ignore them. "Alarm fatigue occurs when clinicians become desensitized and nonreactive to the sensory overload created by an overwhelming number of alarms, many of which are nuisance or non-actionable alarms” (NACNS 2013-2014).

The alarm clock that opens Richard Wright’s 1940 classic Native Son was not only a wakeup call to the nation, but to the American Communist Party: an institution that Wright supported, despite its own shortcomings in advocating for the rights of Black Americans.

Alarm fatigue is recognized by The Joint Commission as a serious patient safety issue, with alarm mismanagement as being the root cause of alarm fatigue (The Joint Commission, 2013). Numerous regulatory and nursing organizations have published strategies to manage alarm fatigue, however evidence is lacking on the best methodology of educating nurses to alarm management. Put one or two lines of the problem the spurred this project. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of online education methodology versus traditional education methodology on the number of false and non-actionable alarm in a cardiac intensive care unit. Historically, the cardiac intensive care unit continues to have an excess number of false and non-actionable alarms despite previous attempts at raising awareness of alarm fatigue. Chapter three will describe

The assumption of this study is that one methodology of educating the registered nurses to alarm fatigue and alarm management will be more effective over the other in reducing the number of false and non-actionable alarms. The expectation is to determine which educational methodology, online or traditional, will have a greater impact on the alarm management behavior of the nursing staff in the cardiac intensive care unit. This will be evident if the number of nuisance alarms are affected by one or the other educational methodology of presenting the education. The expectation is one mode of education will result in a greater reduction in the number of false and non-actionable alarms over the other. Reduction in the number of false and non-actionable alarms has been directly related to a reduction of alarm fatigue in registered nurses (Sendelbach & Funk, 2013). Evidence supports that a reduction in alarm fatigue improves patient safety and reduces the risk of patient adverse events (Sendelbach & Funk, 2013).

The alarm clock jolted the life out of her sleep. Yesterday she changed the alarm ring before setting her cellphone next to her sofabed. Cheriz never could stomach the standard alarm clock. She felt this associated too much with a settled home life; which did not mirror her reality, so her phone was an adequate substitution. Her former ring sounded like a wave of a sweet intermittent melody that so easily meshed with fading dream remnants in the wee morning hours; yet did nothing to return her to the husyle and bustle of daily life. Especially now with the looming shadow of heartbreak taking over her resting hours; she tended to drift into slumber abyss only minutes before it was time to arise. Now, the 1920"s style rotary ring programmed on

Nanda must consider a means of effectively continuing the current buzz about Clocky and communicating product information to interested consumers through her website and media outlets. She also needs to avoid having her product get too much exposure, which could lead to a backlash and “fad’ status.

In an age when cell phones and mp3 players display tiny quartz clocks, the mechanical

Successful use of the Porter Model Analysis includes identifying the sources of competition, the strength and likelihood of that competition existing, and strategic recommendations for the action a company should take to develop barriers to the various forms of competition (Prahalad and Gary, 1990). With the realization about intensity and power of competitive forces, organizations can develop options to influence them in a way that improves their own competitive position. The result could be a new strategic option, e.g. a new positioning; differentiation for competitive products of strategic partnerships.