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Easy Way to Remember Vaccine Schedule for NCLEX

January 31, 2020 By Justine Buick 5 Comments

Yes, there is an easy way to remember the vaccine schedule for NCLEX! I typically don’t use a lot of mnemonics or acronyms for memorizing content because I always think it’s better to understand certain things then memorizing. However, for vaccinations, what’s there to understand about the vaccination schedule? You just need to know when to give them and there’s a bunch!

Vaccine Schedule NCLEX

Here are a few little sayings I came across that are an easy way to remember vaccinations for the NCLEX. I have no idea who came up with this, but I like it!

Only vaccine given at birth: Hepatitis B

Vaccines given at 2, 4 and 6 months

  • Remember the saying “DIHHPeR” — sounds like “diaper”
  • DTaP, IPV, Hep B, Hib, PCV and Rotovirus

Vaccines given between 12 – 15 months old

  • Remember the saying “Harry V. Potter MD“
  • Hib, Varicella, PCV, MMR, DTaP

Vaccines given between 4 – 6 years old

  • Remember the saying, “I Did My Vaccines“
  • IPV, DTaP, MMR, Varicella

Vaccines given between 11 – 12 years old

  • Remember the saying, “Tweens Have Money“
  • TDaP, HPV (x 3 doses), Meningococcal

Vaccines given as an adult

  • Remember the saying, “cousin IT“
  • Influenza yearly, TDaP every 10 years

Vaccines given between 60 – 65 years old

  • Remember the saying, “don’t break your HIP“
  • Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Influenza yearly, Pneumoccoccal

What do you think? Is this an easy way to remember the vaccine schedule for NCLEX? Do you have any tricks for remembering the vaccines? I’d love to hear what those are!

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  1. Jacob

    November 2, 2022 at 9:15 pm

    Harry HV Potter MD (hepatitis A)

    Reply
  2. Brooke

    April 15, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    Thank you, I was tired of memorizing and forgetting the schedule when it came to exam’s and playing the guessing game.

    Reply
  3. Gloria Carter

    April 15, 2022 at 12:42 am

    Thank you!! This is super helpful

    Reply
  4. Justine Buick

    October 4, 2021 at 1:02 pm

    I agree Nina! I also included it in my Nugget Pages book too – thenclextutor.com/nuggetpages
    I also include other little sayings to remember stuff in the book too!

    Reply
  5. Nina

    October 4, 2021 at 11:03 am

    Thank you, this is very easy way to remember!

    Reply

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