Safety plans. Who and when?

[By-a-thred, RN, ADN]

I work nights in a rural emergency crisis unit. The company I work for has another crisis unit about 90 miles away in a metropolitan area and has LOTS more resources than we do. Our "triage staff" on nights and weekends is ALWAYS an on-call situation and our sister facility has on-site therapists, providers (docs, NP's, PA's) 24/7. We are constantly being told that "X site does it this way" and expected to make it so. Recently, the nursing staff was told that we would be responsible for entering a "safety plan" into the computer when someone was admitted. My feelings are, (1) if this person could form an effective safety plan there would be no need to admit this client into an emergency crisis center and (2) isn't that what a counselor/therapist/licensed mental health provider is for? Any thoughts?