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とりあえず目覚ましにシャワーだけ浴びて、さっさとメシの準備をしよう。
に（して）anyways, i'm gonna (fully) wake up, and just take a shower,...
(purpose) に anyways, I'm just taking a shower so i can (fully) wake up...
the AをBに construction in question
Is に（して）strictly only for that construction and nothing else?
Otherwise is there a implied とりあえず目覚ましに(行って)シャワーだけ浴びて to satisfy the movement verb requirement for the "in order to do something に"?
thanks
The particle に indicates purpose. (It's not にして.) [目覚]{めざ}まし here is a noun that means [眠気]{ねむけ}[覚]{ざ}まし, "shaking off one's sleepiness". I think とりあえず is more like "First (of all)," and modifies シャワーだけ浴びて, not 目覚ましに.
とりあえず（目覚ましに）シャワーだけ浴びて、
Lit. "First of all, for (the purpose of) shaking off my sleepiness, I'll just take a shower and..."
→ "First of all I'll just take a shower to shake off my sleepiness and..."
目覚まし is also the stem of 目覚ます -- Hmm.. I don't think we use a verb 目覚ます... We say 目を覚ます. So we consider 目覚まし as a noun..
感覚や感情が生じるきっかけ (明鏡国語辞典). So it's a causation/trigger of a sensation/emotion/feeling. Some examples of this に: 「突然の知らせに驚く」「物語に感動する」「人間関係に悩む」