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Objective: : Right medication is an important procedure to prevent medication errror.The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of workshops on nurses knowledge, motivation, and attitudes towards the five right drug administration. Method : This research was quasi-experiment, pre, and post without control group design. The instruments were questionnaires distributed to 140 inpatient nurses, before, one week and four weeks after the workshop. The questionnaire consisted of 10 ( knowledge), 17 ( intrinsic and extrinsic motivations) and 20 (evaluative and belief attitudes). The workshop was conducted with lecturing session, video presentation and discussion. The differences of measured variables were analyzed using Friedman test. Results: The results indicated low mean of knowledge but high mean of motivations and attitudes. Friedman test revealed that there were significant differences in knowledge (p= 0.000), motivation (p= 0.000), and attitudes (p= 0.000) about five rights of medication administration before, one and four weeks after the workshop. Conclusion: Workshop increases nurses- knowledge, motivations and attitudes towards five rights of medication administration.