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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of workshops on nurses' knowledge, motivation, and attitudes toward the five right drug administration. METHOD A quasi-experiment, pre-post without control group design, was performed in a hospital with 140 inpatient nurses as the subject. As the intervention, a workshop with lecturing sessions, video presentation, and discussion was carried out. The measurement was three time (before, one and four week after intervention) using a questionare consisting of 10 (knowledge), 17 (motivation) and 20 (attitude) item. Analysis using the Friedman test. RESULTS Results indicated a low mean of knowledge but a high mean of motivations and attitudes. Friedman's test revealed 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 The workshop increases nurses' knowledge, motivations, and attitudes toward five rights of medication administration.